Address
304 North Cardinal St.
Dorchester Center, MA 02124
Work Hours
Monday to Friday: 7AM - 7PM
Weekend: 10AM - 5PM
I’ve written about subordinate’s foolish tendency to “only bring the boss solutions, not problems” before. But it keeps coming back and grating. As career counsel, I’ve heard worse. In the right hands, in the right circumstances, it is…
In strategy sessions, I’ve watched executives exult their vision statement as the organization’s “North Star.” Though most vision statements are pap, having a North Star can, nonetheless, be valuable on the way to success. Subsequent discussion about and…
From Tasks to Triumphs, Cultivating an Achievement-Oriented Culture “We did <something>” v. “We got <something> done.” Sure, it’s semantic. And sometimes not even meant to mislead. But, that slight word realignment is a key to achievement and effectiveness. Observing…
Cesar Millan, the Dog Whisperer™, can instantly turn unruly canine terrors into well-behaved pets. Change is the unarguable core of his trade and his abilities are remarkable. It is not so much that he changes dogs, but that so…
I know it’s received wisdom, even catechism that everyone in any organization can and should be bought in to change. I know this is essential to address resistance, often sounding like, “If they only knew better… we can help…
The Structure-Conduct-Performance Paradigm Unleashed! There is a framework dating back to early in the last century generally known as the Structure-Conduct-Performance paradigm to guide assessment and analysis of industrial economics. The key assumption is that player (company) performance is determined…
A recent experience crystalized for me an essential, binary nature of organizations: some people look forward, some backward. There ought to and will always be both in any given organization. That there might be all one kind or the other…
All significant change—let alone innovation, invention, or discovery—begins mostly as fiction. Calling it desire, intent, hope, or what-have-you doesn’t change the fact that it is presently not real. Change ends as non-fiction: a new reality that incorporates the change. The…
