WSJ recently carried an article, Seven Lessons for Leading in a Crisis. Here's my short version, which is consistent with the advice I'm sharing with clients every day and sharing during public speaking events. Get real! Get rid of the...

The NY Times carried a poignant article today about Talent: The Secrets of the Talent Scouts. Here are 2 key  messages that bear repeating:     1.  Get as much advice as possible about new hires. The McArthur Foundation known...

We're proud of the "Straight Talk. All the Time" mantra on this site. Jason Calacanis of Maholo.com and founder of Silicon Alley Reporter stays close to that line in his recent newsletter that BW republished. It describes his brutal experiences...

Several years ago I sat on a panel at an Entrepreneurial Boot Camp to evaluate the business plans of fledgling entrepreneurs. While there were several gifted business owners in the group, most of the presenters were passionate about their ideas...

CFO Magazine recently published an article about "How to Talk about Layoffs". It includes some valuable anecdotes about layoff processes that don't work. Here are several key themes that bear repeating: No amount of employee communication is too much. Most...

BW reported this week on the accelerating trend toward home offices. Even such office-centric firms as BDO Seidman are finding ways to save money by encouraging home offices - and outfitting at company expense. Capital One - health care companies...

As usual, Jack and Suzy Welch are on target with their latest BW column, critizing the new Administration for various leadership "shortcomings". The valuable insight for business leaders is that "you gain nothing by showing uncertainty and indecision". In short,...

The Wall Street Journal published a recent article describing new "paycheck marketing" techniques in various consumer goods companies like Pepsico, Heinz, and Kimberly-Clark. In short, it targets promotional activities to periods when consumers are more likely to spend - closer...

<The WSJ offers an inside look at how open book management and financial transparency have been used  as valuable tools to help companies cope with the economic downturn. It may be more challenging to start this now, but the rewards...

Finding Your Inner Courage is another Welchway gem from Business Week. This time, Jack and Suzy Welch focus on us - how do leaders motivate themselves? When times are bleak and business challenges sap much of our energy, how can...

"The love we give away is the only love we keep."

You should read the transcript From Ken Lewis testimony before the Financial Services Committee of the US House of Representatives. It is a reasoned discussion of Bank of America's performance and highlights several key points that we rarely read about:...

This is a title of a new book previewed by Business Week. It's reportedly as simple to understand as McDonald's menu and recounts some familiar adages. In particular, though, it emphasizes the value of employee recognition. This is an invaluable...

Fortune magazine recently interviewed Jim Collins, whose popular book, Good to Great, took the business community by storm a few years ago. He talks about the current turbulence and some of the variables uncovered in his research about companies that...

Business Week recently summarized a concept called a "bonus bank". In short, it is an incentive plan in which a significant portion of annual bonuses, perhaps 1/3, is set aside to be paid out over time, 3 years in the...