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New Year’s Resolution – Couple Month’s Late

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I know it’s mid-February, but I don’t think it’s ever too later to have a New Year’s resolution. My resolution has to do with reading. My goal is to read 24 books in 2012 or 2 books per month. I’m already behind by 2 books, but I just finished my first one today – The McKinsey Engagement by Paul Friga. Mr Friga provides a framework for team problem solving and gives real life examples from various McKinsey consulting engagements. He uses the acronym TEAM FOCUS to describe the approach. T – Talk E – Evaluate A – Assist M – Motivate F – Frame O – Organize C – Collect U – Understand S – Synthesize There are so many valuable take-aways Read more [...]
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Facing Your Business’ Problems Head On

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Every business has problems. There are no perfect businesses no matter how elaborate the PR spin. Even the great Apple, known for its stunning revenue growth and fanatical customer base has problems. So how do the best businesses deal with problems? Let’s dive a bit deeper into the way we as individuals deal with problems for some insight. If you think about your own life for a second, you could probably indentify a few areas where you are stumbling. If you look even deeper and are honest with yourself, you might even say you are ignoring problems. If you've ever watched the TV show Intervention you can see this pattern first hand. The show chronicles the life of a drug addict who Read more [...]
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