In the 10th year since Tasty Catering's cultural revolution, the company's story had the honor of being featured in the Forbes magazine article titled "How Tasty Catering is Serving up a New Generation of Entrepreneurs." The article discusses the two best business decisions my partners and I have … [Read more...]
Creative Destruction: Philosophy in Leadership
Why is it that leaders tend to revel in the results of their work without developing their potential? During a recent Leadership Team meeting, we discovered a potential fatal flaw. We were extending and defending what we do well without introducing any innovative thoughts. This brought to mind … [Read more...]
The Evolution of an Entrepreneur
What is the life cycle of an entrepreneur? Ichak Adizes, PhD, described the Ten Stages of Corporate Life Cycles in his book The Power of Purpose. Having experienced two massive business failures in the companies that I founded or co-founded, I can testify that Dr. Adizes is certainly correct in … [Read more...]
Handling Change: by a Boomer Entrepreneur
It seems like just a few years ago when great entrepreneur explosion of the late seventies and early eighties took place in the United States. Excitement abounded as small companies opened with bootstrap financing. Some of these companies earned national recognition in magazines such as Inc. … [Read more...]
Maintaining an Employee Driven Culture
It was mid-November of 2005. Our company had just moved into a building that was four times larger than our previous facility. We were a close knit group with great communication and transformational behavior amongst the employees. The larger area helped a silo atmosphere settle in, resulting … [Read more...]
Ethics in Leadership
Has ethical behavior become meaningless term? Ask several of your employees what is ethical behavior and you will probably receive a glazed stare. Ask your leadership peers what subsets of their behavior are influenced by ethics and you may receive the same result. Proper organizational moral … [Read more...]
Understanding the Younger Generation
Why you shouldn’t try to ‘get around’ working with Millennials Are you a Gen X-er or a Boomer who just doesn’t like working with the Millennial generation? Understanding the younger generation is a must-do for organizations these days. In just a few short years, believe it or not, we will be … [Read more...]
How to be a Good Coach: Tips for employee-focused leaders
Being a good coach means putting others before yourself and always making decisions for the good of the team. Here are a few tips on how to take coaching principles into the workplace in order to be an employee-focused leader. Listen This is the most important part of communication. Part … [Read more...]
How to Get High at Work
Take a look at this video, titled "How to Get High at Work." Creator Paul Herr discusses the benefits of giving employees a chance to experience "creative highs" in the workplace and what it could mean for both your employees and your organization. [youtube height="HEIGHT" … [Read more...]
How to Attract (and Keep) Olympic-Caliber Employees
In the last post, we compared an entangled employee to an Olympian, versus an engaged employee, or collegiate athlete. Just to recap, the engaged employee has risen to a level above most other employees. He has skills, commitment and dedication but doesn’t exhibit the same kind of care for the … [Read more...]