Leading vs Lagging and the 5 Negative Barriers that Destroy Business.
I read with interest a recent article from the Bull on ‘Men and Women Behaving Badly’ where he outlined the five negative behaviors which will destroy a business’ culture: dishonesty superiority narcissism fence sitting Johnny-come-lately. All true and it would be a foolish person to suggest any of these behaviors are good for business in [...]
How about you, are you a serial busy person? Really?
Here is an extraction of a conversation that took place in my lift this morning on the way to work. Me: “Good morning, How are you?” Other guy: “Flat out mate … real busy, real busy” Me (silently thinking to myself): “Hmmm, shouldn’t have bothered asking … can you tell me something interesting. After all, [...]
From Max | Cheese, Jedis, Stormtroopers & Holidays
In the annual business cycle there is a particular period I dread – February (for our northern hemisphere readers this would be September … but think return of the masses from summer holidays). The logical conclusion you are drawing is that I don’t enjoy February because this is when I return from summer holidays … [...]
Bored at work? Go somewhere else.
by MAX: Bored at work? Go somewhere else. Whilst you were slaving away last week behind the desk, I spent the time surfing, on the beach with the family, with no newspapers and no TV. I was intending to write an article sitting around one night on the beach with a cold beer. Somehow I [...]
Leadership, perception and doing the right things at the right time.
MAX is a Melbourne based exec who likes to surf & breed. He writes for uncluttered white spaces from time to time. Here is part 3. I recently read with interest the Bull commenting about that great corporate phrase – “my word is my bond”. Love it. This got me thinking of another old chestnut [...]
MAX: Today was a good day.
A US academic recently carried out a study on university-age males. The hypothesis was simple. We can convince post pubescent males of anything. The experiment went: Step 1: Show aforementioned males the same dozen centerfolds Step 2: Get them to select their favourite via polling software Step 3: Fudge the results and display on main [...]
FROM MAX: War games.
In a recent workshop, we were struggling to convince a number of stakeholders to make some relatively tough yet really obvious decisions. It seemed simple enough, we had clearly articulated the current position, the strategy and the financial outcomes however we could not align the room to make a decision. A delay was going to [...]
