Posted by Tom on September 19, 2011
Interesting summary of a new university study on leadership ineffectiveness. This study shows that, the more power a leader has, and the higher up they are in an organization, the less likely they are to seek advice from others on making decisions. In fact, the most powerful leaders are the least likely to ask for [...]
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Posted by Tom on September 5, 2011
OK…another one I just HAD to write… Today’s news is filled with articles about how the US Post Office is warning Congress that it will default if they don’t do something very soon. There are so many things wrong with that statement I don’t know where to start. The US Post Office is a shining [...]
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Posted by Tom on August 31, 2011
By now we’ve all heard the news that Steve Jobs has stepped down from Apple. I hope it’s not because of his health, but it probably is. Too bad for Steve. And, too bad for us. Steve Jobs has accomplished more in his life to delight consumers of digital electronics than anyone else. Given the [...]
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Posted by Tom on March 2, 2010
For all you folks who simply cannot get enough of me, you can now tune in every week to hear me live. I’m guest hosting with Joel D. Canfield for the foreseeable future on Business Heretic’s Radio courtesy of BlogTalk Radio. We air every Tuesday at 10AM PST. If you can’t make it live to the show, [...]
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Posted by Tom on February 15, 2010
When our founding fathers gathered over 200 years ago, they wisely constructed a charter for our great country whereby a critical balance was achieved. Three branches of government, none of which with unilateral, absolute power, were required for any kind of sustained governmental action. It has worked well for these 200 years. But do we [...]
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