by billc | Nov 15, 2020 | Newsletters
Overview Companies in the private sector, for the most part, report an absence of profits today but greatly anticipate profits tomorrow; however, for many, tomorrow never seems to come. Agencies in the public sector exhibit an inability to achieve even modest...
by billc | Nov 15, 2020 | Newsletters
The Myth The benefits of rewards are so entrenched in our society that the response to the title of this paper will most likely be a reaction of strong disbelief. Everyone “knows” that incentives are how we get things done. We are so immersed in...
by billc | Nov 15, 2020 | Newsletters
a) Checks and Balances How often have you heard about a CEO losing control of an enterprise and being unaware of the key indicators of performance? It happened in 2002 with the collapse of Enron and the demise of Arthur Anderson. Both collapses were a simple matter of...
by billc | Nov 14, 2020 | Newsletters
Every enterprise reaches a plateau where its bureaucracy expands beyond control. It seems to grow to the point of stifling initiative, preventing response to clients in a timely and appropriate fashion and eventually overwhelming the average worker. At the very...
by billc | Nov 14, 2020 | Newsletters
What role, if any, does luck play on the road to success? How much of our own luck do we make? Are the Horatio Alger stories of success still possible? Or is something holding us back? Definition of Luck Luck is being in the right place at the right time, being...
