Spit It Out!

Spit It Out!

GUEST POST by John Howman from Allied Consuting Group My good friend, Tim Dodge, turned me on to a book called Smart Brevity by Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen and Roy Schwartz. It’s excellent and (as you’d expect) short! The authors are the founders of Axios and Politco,...
Another Great Corporate Culture Story

Another Great Corporate Culture Story

GUEST POST by John Howman from Allied Consuting Group Sometimes when I think about corporate culture, it reminds me of the 1964 quote from Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart about pornography. As he said, “It’s hard to describe, but I know it when I see...
Alignment: A Key to Successful Leadership

Alignment: A Key to Successful Leadership

According to Peter Drucker, “The task of leadership is to create an alignment of strengths in ways that make weaknesses irrelevant.” When this is true, it is a case study about the importance of your organization’s being aligned.  Overcoming your own weaknesses...