by Consultant's Mind | Learning
Jack Welch, ex-CEO of General Electric To baby boomers and Gen-X, this a corporate titan who’s name you will remember. He led a renaissance in GE, driving its market capitalization from $14B to $400B+ 20 years later. He famously whittled down GE’s...
by Consultant's Mind | Team
In April 2018, Tesla was at a critical juncture – oh wait, that’s redundant – Tesla is always at a critical juncture. Well, at the time, they had only produced 30K cars (as of August 2024, they’ve produced 5,600,000+) and wanted to improve...
by Consultant's Mind | Fun
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has a series of HOW I WORK video interviews (2-3min) with CEOS. Microsoft, Infor, Reddit, Anthem. Very short and snappy questions like “what is the best advice you have ever been given?” You’ll find that these 20+ CEOs...
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Big fan of Satya Nadella Current CEO of Microsoft. Take a look at this 2 min video. I showed this to 200+ business school students recently. Completely worth your time. Energy and Clarity. Boom. Nadella argues that empathy is core to innovation How can you meet...
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Wrote the original blog post in 2018. It’s 2023, and three things: a) SuperCell still abides by this management philosophy and finding great smart people, keep teams tight, celebrating failures (because it’s a sign of innovation), willingness to say...
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Deloitte 2016 Global Human Capital Trends was released here (5.6Mb). It is a 124 page manifesto of well-organized thinking on how the workplace is changing, what employees want, and how the old way of thinking about human resource (read: people) just does not work. In...
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It’s all about trust I am in the people business. I teach, train, write, read, talk, record, coach, listen, and persuade . . . people. Recent interactions, good and bad For the last 6 months, when I look back on my emails and text messages with the 100+ people...
by Consultant's Mind | Consulting
Mechanics’ Motto Saw this sign at the car mechanic shop where I change my oil. It covered an entire wall. It was about 10 feet tall. Big talk on a big wall. If this is the standard that the mechanic holds for themselves, shouldn’t it be the minimum...
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love coaching It is one of the most meaningful parts of this consulting job. Sometimes I am more focused on coaching the junior resources than the client. Probably not a good mindset, but that is the part of the job that I get excited about. I am not a certified...
by Consultant's Mind | Consulting
I know what success looks like I have been consulting executives for the last 15 years – as an external management consultant, as a strategic planner, or as a organization design project lead. Spent a fair amount of time with CEO, COO, CFO, VP of this, and...
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Tonight I told a client that I believe there are really only 3 things that distinguish high-performing organizations from losers. Direction, leadership, and trust. Direction: Where are we headed? Who are we? Too many companies do not know what they are trying to...
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We all need motivation Here is mine for today. Kacy Catanzaro completes the American Ninja Warrior course. Just watch it here. 18 million views and counting; the 7 minutes of crushing athleticism will power you through this work week. Uh, no more words needed. Just...
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I read this book in June 2002 by David H. Freedman. It was the year before I went to MBA, and it made an impression on me. I remember telling the HR director about it, and then seeing quotes from the book in one his presentations. Whether you are a hawk or a dove...
