While we don't like to look at ourselves as products, we are tasked with thinking, evaluating, and behaving in a competitive marketplace no differently than the products we buy. We have to differentiate ourselves, build our sustainable competitive … [Read more...]
From the Archives — November 2013
November 6, 2014 by
The following post is from the blog archives from a year ago (originally posted on November 13, 2013 http://www.5oclockreflections.com/get-off-my-bus/). Get off my bus! What should you do when one bad apple in the organization undermines the … [Read more...]
No enterprise can exist for itself alone
November 5, 2014 by
"No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs some great service, not for itself, but for others…or failing therein, it ceases to be profitable and ceases to exist." – Calvin Coolidge … [Read more...]
Listen Generously
November 4, 2014 by
I am attending a week-long workshop on leadership, hosted by The Society of International Business Fellows (SIBF). My takeaway from the morning session? Listen Generously. We are easily distracted. We operate as 'stingy' listeners, distracted by … [Read more...]
