Board & Management Changes

My 360 on Your 360 Last year, I wrote about the 360 review process we do at Return Path , which is a great annual check-in on staff development and leadership/management.  In...

It´s often hard to find any data or "best practices" information for boards of private, ventured-backed companies, but last month the National Venture Capital Association and VentureOne released a study on practices and...

Back in November , I shared the six indicators of organizational focus . Here they are again: A shared perspective about the goals - everyone knows what´s important and they are on...

Having been instrumental in building her family´s business into a regional retail powerhouse, Dana Spain-Smith entered publishing in 2001 by purchasing a minority stake in the then struggling Philadelphia STYLE and took on...

Once upon a time I was a brand new manager in a jewelry store. There are many different styles of gold chains; one of them a hollow rope. They were made of tiny...

I received a comment yesterday on one of the postings about hiring problems. The post was too long to re-post here, it is in the archives, but basically it touched on so many...

Wayne over at the Cranky Middle Manager show has Luda Kopeikina on this week's podcast . Luda wrote The Right Decision Every Time : How to Reach Perfect Clarity On Tough Decisions....

According to Time magazine there are 43 quintillion unique Rubik's Cube configurations. That's almost as many napkin folds that have been invented by managers in the restaurant industry. Each year, around this time,...

Book Short:  Required Reading The Leadership Pipeline , by Ram Charan, Stephen Drotter, and James Noel, should be required reading for any manager at any level in any organization, although it's most...

The CEO, in spite of whatever other tasks he or she must do each day, is the Chief Growth Officer of their business. If you spend more than a few minutes in front...

"You´re about to have the worst month in the history of the dealership. It´s just around the corner"?¦ and there´s not much you can do to stop it. "And remember that these last...

CEO Diary:  What Makes a Great Day? 5:30 a.m. - run (have to keep up with Brad ) 8:45 a.m. - networking coffee with former main contact at large strategic partner; now...

Do PR stunts actually translate into better public perception of a company, or is it just a one-shot of press, to get some buzz going during a time when you have no news...

Typepad just recently announced a host of new features and enhancements to the already robust platform. Here's my take on some of the more important improvements. Increased storage and bandwidth They've literally doubled...

Counter Cliche:  Sleeves, or Shoes? Fred's VC Cliche of the Week this week is about "rolling up your sleeves."   It's a good one about how investors need to really understand a...

Counter Cliche: Who's The Dog in this Scenario? Fred's VC cliche of the week is a good one -- "If you lie down with dogs, you'll come up with fleas."   His...

In case you haven't heard, AllBusiness.com has a new CEO, Peter Horan. Peter was formerly president and CEO of About.com . AllBusiness is to make the announcement official tomorrow, Wednesday. However, the blogosphere...

Yesterday and today I am offering a couple ideas to accelerate team greatness. Yesterday, my post focused on functional and cross-functional teams . Today, I have a few things to say about management...

Two things led to the creation of this post: 1. Last week I blogged about the connection between the manager and how someone feels about his or her job. Bren and Rosa...