I am very tired of dealing with business people facing serious consequences telling me, "it will all work out."

The hell. That is a shallow, lousy excuse for not digging in and fixing what needs to be fixed even if you have no idea where to start!

Just start!

When facing a difficult time, you have the best chance of improving the outcome by taking action, not by hoping everything will simply work out.

Sure, keep your faith, ...
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I just came across this in a book I'm reading. This, Fail Harder, is a response to a question on the wall at Facebook. The question is, "what would you do if you had the courage?"  Fail Harder

Good answer.

The book in which that occurs is excellent and I'll sent it to someone who understands what that means and will pledge to try it.

Drop me a note and explain how you might "fail harder". You might ...
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Creating jobs creates more than you might think. Businesses spout off about caring for their people---even Adobe, voted the best place to work has decided to eliminate people rather than get their mojo back and raise sales. Think they'll be the best place to work after throwing thousands of employees to the sharks?

Companies see employees as mini cost centers. Yes, workers cost money. But employed people are customers as well. Yes, even if they don't ...
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Communication is the key to improving just about any business.

My new client work starts with a meeting with management. I want to understand the perceived problems and desired goals. Generally I will be told about some part of the business that is not performing as well management thinks it should. There's a sense that things should be better and could be better. Attempts to fix the problem have failed. I typically propose spending some ...
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Would you like to have a great day today? At the end of the day, would you like to go home charged up instead of drained? Would you like to hear some enthusiastic chatter instead of muffled complaining?

Okay management, do this!

Get out of your office or up from your desk and take a walk. Yes, walk around management. Get up and go talk to everyone under your responsibility. Talk to them. Ask about how things ...
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