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Keith McFarland
April 11, 2016

When's the Last Time you got your Helmet Dented?

Keith McFarland
April 11, 2016

Leadership lessons from Henry V.

Keith McFarland
April 11, 2016

How Detroit Drives Off Suppliers

Keith McFarland
April 11, 2016

You can’t be a mercenary and a partner at the same time.

Keith McFarland
April 11, 2016

Divide and Conquer Strategy

Keith McFarland
April 11, 2016

Sometimes the best way to give something life is to spin it off.

Keith McFarland
April 11, 2016

Don't Get Lost on your Own Turf

Keith McFarland
April 11, 2016

To build strategy is to hold an organization in your mind and "roll it around" in an attempt to discover and realize its hidden potential.

Keith McFarland
April 11, 2016

Diagnosing Workaday Insanity 

Keith McFarland
April 11, 2016

People fall roughly into two categories:  Neurotics and “Not-my-problem-otics”.  I’ll take neurotics any day.

Keith McFarland
April 11, 2016

How Strengths Become Weaknesses

Keith McFarland
April 11, 2016

It’s not our weaknesses that make most people and organizations fail, it’s our strengths—because we tend to go with our strengths whether they are called for or not.

Keith McFarland
April 11, 2016

Lessons From The Anti-Mentor

Keith McFarland
April 11, 2016

 Sometimes life’s most important lessons come when we learn what not to do.

Keith McFarland
April 3, 2016

The Best People and How to Hire Them

Keith McFarland
April 3, 2016

One of the country’s most successful builders of a multibillion dollar business turns the hiring process upside down.

Tagged: Talent Management

Keith McFarland
April 3, 2016

Why Societies—and Companies--Collapse

Keith McFarland
April 3, 2016

The same human tendencies that brought down ancient civilizations can bring down modern companies.

Keith McFarland
April 2, 2016

The Trouble with Jim Collins' Bus

Keith McFarland
April 2, 2016

Beyond just getting people on the bus.

Keith McFarland
April 2, 2016

The Apprentice and the End of Civilization

Keith McFarland
April 2, 2016

Who would have predicted we would be where we are today?

Tagged: Modern Business Myths

Keith McFarland
April 2, 2016

Should Businesses Quit Cold Turkey

Keith McFarland
April 2, 2016

Too often companies cling to outdated assumptions about what motivates employees.  They do so at their own peril.

Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2004-12-14/should-businesses-quit-cold-turkey

Keith McFarland
April 2, 2016

A Better Scheme for Strategic Planning

Keith McFarland
April 2, 2016

Strategic planning is dead.  Strategy has never been more important.

Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2005-01-18/a-better-scheme-for-strategic-planning

Tagged: Strategy

Keith McFarland
April 2, 2016

How Resilient Leaders Manage Anxiety

Keith McFarland
April 2, 2016

What determines a company's resilience in times of adversity?

Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2009-10-20/how-resilient-leaders-manage-anxiety

Keith McFarland
April 2, 2016

Rethinking How to Get Employees to Change

Keith McFarland
April 2, 2016

Dan and Chip Heath have done it again.

Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2010-02-23/rethinking-how-to-get-employees-to-change

Tagged: Change, Motivation

Keith McFarland
April 2, 2016

The Psychology of Great CEOs

Keith McFarland
April 2, 2016

We profiled 250 CEOs of America’s fastest growing companies.  The results surprised us.

Source: http://www.inc.com/magazine/20051101/spotlight-psychology.html

Tagged: Leadership

Keith McFarland
April 2, 2016

The Antidote to Corporate Retreats

Keith McFarland
April 2, 2016

How to blow up the model of the traditional corporate off-site and replace it with something that produces real results.

Source: http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/jan2006/sb20060117_143468.htm

Tagged: Alignment

Keith McFarland
April 2, 2016

Delivering Two Kinds of Quality

Keith McFarland
April 2, 2016

The Japanese have two words for quality, each with a different meaning.  Smart companies pay attention to both.

Source: http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/feb2006/sb20060214_876719.htm

Tagged: Quality, Innovation, Execution

Keith McFarland
April 2, 2016

Getting Personal With Your Staff

Keith McFarland
April 2, 2016

A creative CEO goes face-to-face with his front-line employees.

Source: http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/apr2006/sb20060419_388805.htm

Tagged: Alignment

Keith McFarland
April 2, 2016

Team Building Doesn’t Build Teams

Keith McFarland
April 2, 2016

Dispense with the “climb a rope and Kumbaya” team building exercises.  Involve your team in building strategy they can believe in.

Source: http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/may2006/sb20060517_483407.htm

Tagged: Strategy, Team Building

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  • Alignment
    • Apr 2, 2016 The Antidote to Corporate Retreats
    • Apr 2, 2016 Getting Personal With Your Staff
    • Apr 2, 2016 Where Group Think Is Good
  • Change
    • Apr 2, 2016 Rethinking How to Get Employees to Change
  • Execution
    • Apr 2, 2016 Delivering Two Kinds of Quality
    • Feb 7, 2016 In Small Biz, There's No Small Stuff
  • Group Think
    • Apr 2, 2016 Where Group Think Is Good
  • Incentive
    • Feb 26, 2016 When Failure Is Not an Option
    • Feb 26, 2016 Why Zappos Offers New Hires $2,000 to Quit
  • Innovation
    • Apr 2, 2016 Delivering Two Kinds of Quality
  • Leadership
    • Apr 2, 2016 The Psychology of Great CEOs
    • Apr 2, 2016 Why Good Times are the Most Dangerous
    • Apr 2, 2016 Don’t Let Hard Times Overwhelm Your Staff
    • Feb 26, 2016 Improving Your Team's Learning Curve
    • Feb 7, 2016 The Psychology of Success
    • Mar 20, 2009 To Survive a Crisis, Embrace the 'Bounce'
  • Modern Business Myths
    • Apr 2, 2016 The Apprentice and the End of Civilization
  • Motivation
    • Apr 2, 2016 Rethinking How to Get Employees to Change
  • Overcoming Adversity
    • Apr 2, 2016 Don’t Let Hard Times Overwhelm Your Staff
  • Overcoming Complacency
    • Apr 2, 2016 Why Good Times are the Most Dangerous
  • Quality
    • Apr 2, 2016 Delivering Two Kinds of Quality
  • Small Business
    • Apr 2, 2016 Whatever Happened to “Small” Business?
  • Strategy
    • Apr 2, 2016 A Better Scheme for Strategic Planning
    • Apr 2, 2016 Team Building Doesn’t Build Teams
    • Apr 2, 2016 The Problem with Business as Usual
    • Apr 2, 2016 Taking Advantage of a Down Market
    • Feb 26, 2016 Improving Your Team's Learning Curve
  • TAIS
    • Feb 7, 2016 The Psychology of Success
  • Talent Management
    • Apr 3, 2016 The Best People and How to Hire Them
    • Feb 26, 2016 The Right People vs. Getting the People Right
    • Feb 26, 2016 Why Zappos Offers New Hires $2,000 to Quit
  • Team Building
    • Apr 2, 2016 Team Building Doesn’t Build Teams
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