Do you know what talent you need?Businesses do not start in well organized and structured entities with HR OD departments and work specialization in place. They are far more organic and messy than that. They start of with an inspiration of a single person or a small group and if they are healthy and have […]

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How does an effective leader or manager address the issue of retention? What strategies can be employed to minimize the impact to the organization when a high performer decides to leave? Better yet how can we help them not leave in the first place? How do we address the potential dichotomy between retention and performance […]

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Its late morning Friday and you are in the zone working through just how to get the organization on board with your latest improvement project. Just then your top performer shows up at your door. She jars you out of the zone and as you scramble to collect your senses to talk to her. […]

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A while back on the Cranky Middle Manager Podcast (I do recommend this by the way Wayne interviews the people leaders like to listen to and learn from) I discovered a guy named Wally Bock. Wally has a weekly newletter that regularly impresses me. He brings up points that are practical, wise and applicable to […]

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What should an entrepreneur be thinking about as they start a new retail business from an inventory management point of view?
Today we close out the question on inventory with Norman Katz. In this post Norman takes on a very difficult question regarding inventory levels. I will add here that in my experience the company that […]

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Leadership is not a process of reflection alone but rather a balanced process of execution and thoughtful consideration. Striking a balance is crucial. Find yourself too far to the execution side and you will fail more often than you need, find yourself too far into consideration side and you will not fail because you will […]

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