The Beatles broke up way too soon. John Lennon and Paul McCartney were one of the most prolific and successful songwriting teams in...

No, this is not a real bulletin (sorry Mr. Blank), but imagine if it were. If we assume that the main goals of the Atlanta Falcons are:...

Aristotle's Doctrine of the Mean states that many things turn out best when practiced with moderation and with balance. Unfortunately...

The correct answer is "almost always." The top decision maker is always the problem (and the solution), and that's most often the CEO....

Has there ever been a more inspirational story than Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol? I don't think so. Ebenezer Scrooges' overnight...

I love working with family businesses. The very challenge of it will make inexperienced consultants lose their nerve (or should). Not...

Mixing love and money is mighty tricky (please feel free to quote me on this, as long as you leave "mighty" in). There are a thousand...

Maps are great. Think about it, if you don’t have a map you can spend a lot of time just wandering aimlessly from place to place trying...

I've been playing in rock and roll bands, full-time and part-time, for almost 40 years. The best bandleader I've ever worked with once said,

John, the COO, looked troubled as he sat in the conference room with Susan, his friend and confidant and one of the promising young...

If you’re a betting person, then here’s a good bet with great odds: bet that people stay the same more than they change. Most people have...

Our family has belonged to the YMCA down the road since it opened many years ago. I served on the board for a few years, two of our...

Mixing love and money is mighty tricky (please feel free to quote me on this, as long as you leave "mighty" in). There are a thousand...

A long time ago I waited tables at a nice restaurant in Savannah, Georgia. Savannah is home to a large Irish Catholic population, and St....

Selling is noble work, and from my perspective life is just one long sales call. We humans are "pack" animals who need each other to be...

Has Elon Musk become the poster child for overachievers who are rich and unhappy? I think I get it--setting stretch goals and being rich...

Put another way, when is a convenient time to have more fun and make more money? Well, of course the obvious answers are "never" and...

I don't hear as much talk about Douglas McGregor's Theory X & Theory Y these days. That's a shame because it's a very helpful model for...

I trust you're familiar with the fallout from the Wells Fargo "make a buck any way you can" fiasco. It's just another in a long line of...

I've been around the strategic planning game for quite a while now, and people keep telling me that strategic differentiation is...