Corporate culture shouldn’t be an accident, but it often is. This is a mistake. My hope here is to share insights on fostering corporate culture, particularly for young leaders venturing out to test their entrepreneurial chops and for key executives and owners of mid-sized companies. Early in my career, I began making observations and mental notes about the culture I would like for my (eventual)...
Years ago, my wife and I attended a group discussion on parenting. More precisely, the conversation centered on ideal parental discipline. Being new to the group, we didn’t chime in, just listened. Surprisingly, much of the discussion centered around how parents might avoid overreactions and outbursts of their own toward their children, and the subsequent regrets for doing so. I felt the...
This is the final part in our series on the Federal Budget. Part 1 discussed the severity of our budget problem. It’s pretty bad. Part 2 outlined the broad options available to affect our budget deficit. We’ll need all the tools we can get. Part 3, this part, is my attempt to probe more deeply into cost cutting opportunities to answer the very practical question, Where EXACTLY should we cut our...