Product Management is often an under appreciated skill in large companies. Organizational structures are built around product delivery and support. Early in a company’s life the definition of products allow for economic survival. As a company grows more cross-functional organizations try to have greater impact on product definition so that they can perform their functions more . . . → Read More: The Misunderstood Role of Product Manager
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It’s November of 2008 and we are facing the most concerning economic downturn in recent memory. Sure, the mid ’90′s had some challenges but nothing like the economic slowdown that we’re seeing today. People react in funny ways to market challenges. They either take the ostrich approach and try to perform “business as usual” or they . . . → Read More: When Times Are Tough, People Try to Show Their Value Leadership is a double edged sword. On the one hand, leaders who are too controlling make their people feel uncomfortable making decisions. On the other hand, leaders who don’t provide enough guidance create a culture that fosters inconsistency and lacks goals. Both extremes cause passive aggressive behaviors that break down corporate culture and damage trust. Leaders . . . → Read More: What Causes Passive Aggressive Behaviors at Work? Yesterday I sat down and started to write out the different job functions I hear about in my company and in others. We give complicated and impressive sounding titles to people but descriptions often create more confusion than value. Sure, the titles sound impressive, until someone has to figure out what they actually do. The most . . . → Read More: Corporate Speak My company has changed a great deal over the years. We have gone from an energetic start up with a fantastic idea to a large organizationally stratified high tech corporation. When I first started with the company in 1996, people didn’t care about titles and if someone had a great idea they were given the freedom . . . → Read More: Going from Start-Up to Corporate Web 2.0 is all about making personal connections directly and immediately. More and more I hear about how blogs, wikis, and social networking sites are changing the way we live and play. Clearly teens and above have started to use sites like Facebook and MySpace in ways that have changed social interaction but I’m . . . → Read More: Web 2.0, Fad or Future? I was in a series of leadership offsites this week and had some interesting observations about communication. All the leaders around me were the best that I have ever worked with. They understand business and how to lead. Each leader has their own style and strengths which create their own organizational culture. . . . → Read More: Leaders Ask Rather Than Direct  Leave a comment  Business Philosophy, Communications, Corporate Culture, General Thoughts  busines leadership, business, business communication, business philosophy, career, career developement, Communications, conflict, confrontation, conversation, effective leadership, leadership, leadership coaching, leadership development, leadership qualities, leadership skill, leadership skills, leadership styles, management leadership, organizational leadership, professional development, servant leadership, situational leadership, transformational leadership, what is leadership, work, workplace One of the biggest traps that we fall into in technical companies is we assume we know what customers want or need. Silicon Valley companies grew up building engineering products for engineers. This means that we started by making products for ourselves and assumed that customers needed the same stuff too. Fortunately, we . . . → Read More: The Most Dangerous Business Assumption 2 comments Business Philosophy, Corporate Culture, General Thoughts busines leadership, business, Business Assumptions, business philosophy, career, career developement, effective leadership, leadership, leadership coaching, leadership development, leadership qualities, leadership skill, leadership skills, leadership styles, management leadership, organizational leadership, product development, Product Management, professional development, servant leadership, situational leadership, transformational leadership, what is leadership, work, workplace People hate to fight. Its human nature to avoid conflict and we all want to be liked. Unfortunately, people often mistake confrontation for aggression. The reality is that conflict can be positive and constructive. Confrontation does not have to, and shouldn’t, be personal nor does it have to be mean. Direct . . . → Read More: Leading: Turning Conflict Into Conversation Leave a comment Business Philosophy, Communications, Corporate Culture busines leadership, business, business communication, business philosophy, career, career developement, Communications, conflict, confrontation, conversation, effective leadership, leadership, leadership coaching, leadership development, leadership qualities, leadership skill, leadership skills, leadership styles, management leadership, organizational leadership, professional development, servant leadership, situational leadership, transformational leadership, what is leadership, work, workplace I’m attending a conference in a couple of weeks where Danny Meyer, author of the best selling book “Setting the Table”, will be speaking about his business philosophy. The conference organizers strongly recommend that we read his book. My initial reaction was an internal groan when I thought about how much trouble I have . . . → Read More: What Can the Restaurant Business Teach Me?!? |
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