by GCO | Jan 3, 2020 | leadership & management
“It is not enough to be busy,” said Henry David Thoreau. “So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?” Odds are you can relate, especially at work. You are ever busy, yet at the end of the day, you wonder what you really accomplished. Worse, the next...
by GCO | Jan 3, 2020 | leadership & management
The kindest media attention Sears has attracted in years arrived in April, when the company announced it was opening three small stores. “The start of a new Sears era? The retailer announces openings, not closings,” read USA Today’s hopeful headline, which echoed...
by GCO | Jan 3, 2020 | leadership & management
Decisions are the lifeblood of organizations, and meetings are where important business decisions often happen. Yet many executives are nonplussed—at best—when describing their own experience of meetings. Some business leaders we know wonder openly how they can...
by GCO | Jan 3, 2020 | leadership & management
Last December, Ann, one of my clients, called and asked for help in managing a difficult situation. Evidently, Ann’s manager called everyone on his team into a meeting and asked them to critique how well they had served their customers in 2018. He asked everyone to be...
by GCO | Jan 2, 2020 | News
Imagined on the coastal shores of somewhere with high temperatures and breath-taking views, anti reality has designed a summerhouse with panoramic windows and a pool for a roof. set in a rocky seaside area with direct contact with water, the one-storey dwelling would...
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