There are times when a leader has to follow others. When this happens, you need to be a good follower and not undermine the chosen leader. The role of follower is to support the teams objectives by doing what you are told and questioning poor decisions – exactly the same thing … [Read more...]
Take Your Time But Hurry Up
Research and Development (R&D) is an endurance event. It is not a sprint. Innovation does takes time but cannot take so much time as to miss market windows. You need to pace yourself and your team. This is the only way to ensure consistent results. The common trap of we can … [Read more...]
Two Quarters Out Mentality
Corporate America has a problem. The short term focus on beating the street by a penny has created a culture where most large companies only focus on the next two quarters out. No thought is put into longer term plans. The majority of the effort is put into meeting short term … [Read more...]
Paying For Your Time
Over at Words That Work, David Silverman proposes getting paid for your time. He postulates that all of those ridiculous meetings everyone has to attend (like HR training or IT updates), should have a dollar value attached to them. Specifically, we should all get paid for … [Read more...]
The MBA Oath
The New York Times has a great article about Harvard MBA Students and their MBA Oath. As a member of IEEE, we all have to adhere to the IEEE Ethics Code. As an executive and MBA, it is wonderful that our future managers are stepping up. It's about time. This is a tremendous … [Read more...]