The 80/20 Promise (2of4)
Actively Embrace the AMBIGUITY Factor: In the last blog we talked about what the 80/20 rule is; e.g. a power law that confirms things aren’t equal, and that a small percentage of any distribution...
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Inward & Outward Facing 8020 (3of4)
The 80/20 Curve is U Shaped Have you ever asked 3 or 4 individuals in a company what the 20% that will generate 80% of the results is from their perspective? I’m guessing that if you do, you’ll get...
View ArticleManage the 4 in 80/20 DIFFERENTLY (4 of 4)
Managing the 4% Differently In this blog I’d like to underscore something that I see most people absolutely miss. It’s the reality that you need to manage the 20% (and even more the 4%) differently...
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Why Small Businesses and CEOs Fail
I wince a bit every time I go by a new small restaurant that’s displaying an “out of business” sign in the window. You know someone’s probably invested and lost their savings, if not a 2nd mortgage on...
View ArticleTaking the Risk out of Culture Assessment for M&As
To accurately understand a culture is huge; whether it’s the company you work in, or the culture of a company you are looking to acquire or join forces with in some form of an alliance. Unfortunately,...
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How to Succeed as a CEO
It seems more than a little audacious to even write this post on a topic that has captured the thoughts and spoken and written words of so many. What I would really like to present is a model for...
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An Unrecognized Solution to Estimating Project Time & Cost
Don’t you hate to be late on projects? I do. And it doesn’t help all that much to know that a significant percentage of projects aren’t completed within time or budget. The Lousiana DODT even...
View ArticleWhere UI & Leading People Converge
I was in Europe recently working with a large tel-com company on the development of a tablet user interface (UI). As I talked about some of my secret sauce for coming up with a compelling UI, I...
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How to Avoid Being Blindsided
In football, being blindsided means you get run over by someone big and powerful. Someone who hits you without you seeing them or being aware that it’s coming. It hurts. The same thing happens in...
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ManagePro Newsletter – September 2015
1. Let’s Go Deeper 2. Magic Wish 3. Status Update on Outlook Add-in & Mobile Version 1. Let’s Go Deeper We’d like to dig into how you use ManagePro. Don’t worry, it’s for your benefit, and...
View ArticleGetting Real About Your Top Initiatives & Employee Engagement
What if you got very realistic about what employee engagement and investment means for your success at completing your top initiatives? I frame that question as if you and I aren’t that realistic....
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You’re Managing You’re Key Initiatives DIFFERENTLY Than Your Projects Right?
There’s one absolutely key difference to managing your big initiatives, strategic goals or whatever else you might call them… from how you manage projects in ManagePro. If you are not sure what the...
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When you don’t know the language – and how it can be an asset with ManagePro
I’m in Germany and don’t remember much from my one year course in German back in college, some 40+ years ago. When you’re in a country where you don’t understand the language, two things happen a lot...
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Priorities when running for your life or your business life
I’m on a high speed train this morning in Germany – on my way to meet with a Dr. who recently escaped from Syria with his wife and 3 young kids in hand. I already know some of his story. He had to run...
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If a picture is worth a 1,000 words, what’s a diagram worth?
So, if a picture is worth a 1,000 words, and most of us feel overwhelmed processing words everyday with everything that crosses our inbox, what is a diagram worth? The short answer is that it’s worth...
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There’s Software Upgrades and Then There’s Upgrades
With the new release of ManagePro coming out next week, you certainly should upgrade to the latest 13.1 version. But that may not the most important upgrade. What really pays off, is to upgrade how...
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