What makes someone who is so successful in one organization fail in a different one? I have my theories - would love to hear yours. Please comment.
Category: Strategy
Organizational Debt: It’s Not Just for Start-Ups
Back in the dark ages before 2019, I read a great blog post by Stanford Professor, Steve Blank, about Organizational Debt. Organizational Debt includes, as Blank put it, “all the people/culture compromises made to ‘just get it done’”. This includes taking shortcuts in organizational design, such as how you structure and reward your teams. How you communicate …
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The First Thing to Do in a New Job
Quick: what is the first thing you should do when you get hired or promoted to a new job? First, three things not to do: Do Not fire someone to establish your authority. I worked with a dude once who, when promoted to a new job, established his authority by firing one person on the …
Do Less
I look back on some of my early work as manager and laugh at myself. I, like many people, am able to look at something and see potential for greatness. And so, when I was young, I was pushed myself and others to keep making things better and better, often pushing boundaries far beyond where …
Work Your Way Up
Many years ago, when Millennials were first entering the workforce, several archetypical stories circulated in the press. (Today they would have circulated in social media; in those days, they circulated in newspapers.) One trope had to do with applicants bringing parents to job interviews with them – although this never happened to me, friends told …
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