I come from an environment where if you see a snake, you kill it. At GM (General Motors), if you see a snake, the first thing you do is hire a snake consultant. Then you get a committee on snakes and discuss it for a couple of years. — Ross Perot … [Read more...]
Givers and Takers
January 4, 2017 by
I highly recommend watching Adam Grant's Ted talk by the same title. Unfortunately, we tend to run into more takers, and takers posing as givers. It's the easy way out — the path of least resistance. We must all learn to give, and be less … [Read more...]
Words of Wisdom
December 23, 2016 by
When you can't change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails. —H. Jackson Brown, Jr. … [Read more...]
From the Archives — December 2015
December 22, 2016 by
The following post is from the blog archives from a year ago (originally published on December 7, 2015 http://www.5oclockreflections.com/success-and-failure/). Managers take credit for everything that is successful in a company. They deflect … [Read more...]
