Jan 30
As you can see from the date of my last post, It’s been awhile since I’ve shared a few thoughts here. I’ve been a bit better about Twitter, but when someone sends a Retweet that says they’re glad to see you back in their stream, it’s time to take stock. I went back to a …
Jul 08
I’m in a terrific new program that networking guru Keith Ferrazzi (Never Eat Alone, Who’s Got Your Back) is running and a recent exercise asked participants to describe ways they’ve kept their teams (and themselves) accountable. My submission got some positive feedback and it’s pretty simple, so I thought I’d share it. I had a …
Apr 12
A few years back, I led a change to the way MBNA America — at the time the world’s largest affinity credit-card lender — negotiated with its partners (and ultimately with each other inside the bank). At the heart of it, we learned to prepare more effectively and taught people that the best way to get what they …
Oct 09
I have a great film clip I use when I’m talking about simplicity. I was reminded of this clip as I read Peter Bregman’s terrific post in his How We Work blog on the Harvard Business site. Bregman uses his recent weight loss to illustrate — in very simple terms – a similar principle to …
Oct 04
I get distracted easily. I haven’t gotten to the point where I can turn off my e-mail notifications while I’m working. I worry this will be the biggest challenge in striking out on my own. But I’m trying a time-management technique named for a tomato as a way to work through my own personal game …
Sep 06
I ate a frog this week. I’ve always been very disciplined about my To Do list. I have one of those two-page-per-day Daytimers and take time every night to list everything I want to get done, moving the items I didn’t get done forward and adding new ones. My family jokes about my pride in …
Aug 31
I joined a struggling business area a few years ago that had a small team of terrific people who managed hundreds of relationships with alumni associations, athletic departments, and universities, each of whom wanted individual attention. It didn’t take long to figure out that all the team needed was someone to focus on execution and prioritization. We launched daily early-morning ”huddles” where …
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