Good Leadership

Good leadership is about making one’s self totally dispensable. Empower the troops and get out of the way. Good leaders create the right environment for their people — and their ideas — to thrive. At the end of the day, we are only as good as the … [Read more...]

Lessons from a CEO

CEO Punit Soni declined 90% of the meetings he was invited to attend, this past week. Product got better, company ran like auto-pilot, and no one really missed meeting me! Time is really the only commodity that we cannot buy or replace. That is … [Read more...]

From the Archives — August 2016

The following post is from the blog archives from a year ago (originally published on August 17, 2016 http://www.5oclockreflections.com/plan-with-purpose-2/). Action without planning is a little bit like throwing mud against a wall. Eventually … [Read more...]

Principles vs Practicality

Should an organization stand their ground, on principle, when they have been wronged by the very employees they have invested in over the years? Or should they take the path of least resistance? The easier path is just that — easy. It eliminates … [Read more...]