Building Energy & Passion into Your Business

Building Energy & Passion into Your Business

It starts with people. It starts with recognizing the three big reasons why people come to work: Autonomy Mastery Purpose as outlined in Daniel Pink’s excellent book Drive. So what does autonomy mean and how do you achieve it? In my view autonomy is about...

Could Weird & Quirky Help You Scale?

Container Store operates 59 locations, booked sales of $707m last year and six years ago sold a majority stake to a Private Equity House.  CEO Kip Tindell was interviewed on March 21 by the WSJ. Note the following facts from this interview: People in this company...

Ownership of Tasks – Key To Scaling

I see the same problem again and again as businesses try to scale their operations. You can’t afford to recruit a new person for every task. So tasks float around half done by the loyal servant with 10 projects to handle. Whether your business employs 5 people or 500...
Managing Your Direct Reports

Managing Your Direct Reports

Sometimes it pays to keep things really simple. Keeping people focused on the right stuff, keeping people continually effective and motivated is never easy. However I’m observing  3 basic problems with leadership styles as I dive deep into the operational...