by Jim Schleckser | Oct 10, 2019 | Leadership
Transparency and vulnerability are key and hard to have. One of the most important things we do as leaders are to help align teams around attaining a strategic goal or goals. Lots of leaders struggle with this, mostly because they are opaque about what is in their...
by Jim Schleckser | Sep 24, 2019 | Leadership
The inability to handle conflict can limit your career. A popular book among business leaders these days is called Radical Candor by Kim Scott. The book talks about the idea that one’s ability to be direct with people and give them hard truths is a core...
by Jim Schleckser | Aug 27, 2019 | Leadership
And be ready if it does happen Let’s start with a confession. I have to admit that I fibbed a bit: chances are you will get sued if you fire someone eventually. But there are things you can do to avoid lawsuits and be ready if one does happen. Almost 50% of the...
by Jim Schleckser | Jul 5, 2019 | Leadership
You may have unwittingly handed over control. Anytime we create a new board or committee, we inevitably skew toward using an odd number. And there’s a good precedent for why we do this: we need an odd number to break a tie. There’s a reason, for example,...
by Jim Schleckser | Jun 2, 2019 | Culture, Decision Making, Delegation, HR, Leadership, Talent
One of the fundamental management tenants I have used in my career, something I originally first learned from one my large and successful customers, is that you don’t want to have two managers in a row that don’t know. Let me explain what I mean by that....
by Jim Schleckser | May 28, 2019 | Business, Compensation, Leadership, Management
Many people talk about leadership principles or values these days. But what often happens is that they get printed on a poster, hung on a wall – and then quickly forgotten. No one actually lives those values, or frankly, can even remember them. Amazon is...
