Archive for Leadership
Being a West Point graduate, I cannot help but notice Coach Mike Krzyzewski (Coach K). I do not write today because he won 5 National Championships and 6 Gold Medals as a coach. At the end of his final season, I want to talk about a guy who created a dynasty of no name players. […]
Continue Reading →China win-win hiring makes for great hiring and long term success. What, however. goes into win-win hiring? Let’s assume your process gets great results like we guarantee. Then, as a first step, we see a great need for mutual transparency. Most hiring we know of shows mutual murkiness. The candidate tells most of what they […]
Continue Reading →Doing China for less money is a dream and one way has short term success and another one long term. China is a top-down high power distance leadership culture. In Chinese SOE’s, usually the top leader is the only genius and holds all power while placing all blame elsewhere. China has done this for generations. […]
Continue Reading →A company I knew installed a fingerprinting check in device as knew many people were taking time off without permission. After they installed, they felt that problem was fixed. Then one day 2 years later someone signed in twice in a 15 minute space. Specifically, a manager signed in at work. A few minutes later […]
Continue Reading →I want to write on how an Open Door Policy can kill your company in China or anywhere. Very few people in the West take advantage of the open door policy. but be sure even fewer in China. Chinese people are taught from childhood to keep their heads down. Just open door? You need a […]
Continue Reading →As a leader, we are all susceptible to certain temptations that damage our leadership. Having a temptation does not mean we have to succumb to it, but we are very likely to succumb if we have not explicitly recognized it. Lets take a look at the 5 temptations of leaders. It can help us lead […]
Continue Reading →I want to discuss more aspects of a great company in China. Last week, I wrote on getting trainable workers who will be learning at all times. That is one big step. Values are another important topic. If my top 3 values are 1. make money any way 2. put friends before work always 3. […]
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Those of you who have followed me through 600 some blogs know that I often blog on why not to follow Forbes articles on leadership. Today, I will say Brent Gleeson found us 10 good thoughts. To summarize his thoughts: Hire Force Multipliers I went to college at West Point, served in leadership in the […]
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Inc has an article up by Marissa Levin on leaderhip traits for growth. I agree with all she says there including that many lists have merit and not just this one. Her Leadership Traits are: Being Coachable and Open to Help Being Open to Accountability Being Comfortable with Discomfort She has more thought in the article, so welcome […]
Continue Reading →Can candidates complain or why can’t candidates complain? Note the advice on interview mistakes given here in Business Insider. Good advice, but I want to talk about her first one. “In an effort to help job seekers avoid potential pitfalls, Hichens outlines her top deal-breakers…avoid these things at all costs. Bad mouthing your current or […]
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