by Jim Schleckser | Apr 25, 2023 | Business, Culture, Decision Making, Delegation, Leadership
It turns out there is another factor every leader needs to assess before delegating a decision: whether the issue is reversible or irreversible. I’ve written before about how leaders can better assess whether they can delegate a decision using the issue’s...
by Jim Schleckser | Apr 4, 2023 | Business, Decision Making, Entrepreneur, Negotiation
Here is a negotiation secret: No One Is Illogical. If you are negotiating with someone irrational? Use it to your advantage. Any time you find yourself in a negotiation, it’s possible that the person you’re interacting with might begin to act in an...
by Jim Schleckser | Feb 14, 2023 | Business, Culture, Decision Making, HR
Why does every company have a set of values? Most companies display their values in the lobby, on the break room walls, and even on the back of business cards. You’ll also see them listed on a CEO’s PowerPoint slide when they’re speaking to their...
by Jim Schleckser | Feb 7, 2023 | Culture, Decision Making, Diversity, Growth, HR, Talent
It is important to understand that different types of intelligence dictate success on the job. Are you hiring quick smart or slow smart? Someone with a high intelligence quotient or IQ is smart. The whole idea of an IQ test is to measure how innately intelligent...
by Jim Schleckser | Jan 31, 2023 | Business, Decision Making, Entrepreneur, Growth, Raising Capital, Strategy
In his excellent book Antifragile, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, who helped popularize the concept of Black Swan events, describes three kinds of systems: Fragile systems are those that can be destroyed by any negative change. Robust systems deal with good and bad changes...
by Jim Schleckser | Jan 24, 2023 | Culture, Decision Making, Delegation, HR, Talent
I want to join in on the conversation on the topic of “quiet quitting.” The whole idea is that some people feel taken advantage of by their employers and they’re fighting back by doing their job to the letter: not an inch more. I get it. For anyone...
