It's Change O'Clock Somewhere

Tag: leadership

  • Leaders don’t think about “change”

    I read a post today about the annoyance of “fake” transformations. Lipstick on a pig. My experience has been that senior leaders don’t start by internalizing that we have a “change” to implement. There’s just something very important (critical) that needs to be done. “We need to improve something. Do something new. Go somewhere new.”…

  • Nobody knows what they’re doing before they do it

    Do you know someone who exudes so much confidence that it’s sickening? Don’t think of that person. Now, think of someone who shows (in your opinion) the ‘just right’ amount of confidence. What is it about them? Is it the way they carry themselves? Is it what they say? Is it the quality of their…

  • 10 two-letter words than can change your life

    It’s 1993. I’ve just started my “career.” I’m in my very first “post-university” job, with a smallish consulting firm based on Canada’s east coast. The company ‘adage,’ on constant replay from our founder and chairman, comes in the form of these 10 very short words. If it is to be, it is up to me.…

  • Unreasonable Hospitality

    Have you heard of this book? I’m in the middle of it and have to say it’s great! I discovered it while watching “The Bear.” The author, Will Guidara, is describing his experience in the NYC restaurant scene, where among other things, he was a co-owner of Eleven Madison Park. The idea is to go…

  • What kind of leader do you want to be?

    Do you want to be the kind of leader that attracts people to work for you? Do you want to be the kind of leader who cares for the people in your charge? Do you want to be the kind of leader who goes the extra mile to get things done in a way that…

  • The things we take for granted

    There’s a lot of work that happens behind the scenes that we don’t see. Take for instance, a movie set or even a TikTok video. We see whatever is in the camera’s frame but nothing else. Earlier this week, I was at the auto shop having my winter tires swapped off. As I waited, I…