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LEADERSHIP AND CULTURE Creating More of the Results You Want Introduction I have been putting my thoughts about leadership and culture down on paper in a series of short, easy-to-digest essays. This is the final essay in a series of six. If you’d like to know a little about my background and inspiration, my website […]

LEADERSHIP AND CULTURE Creating More of the Results You Want Introduction I have been putting my thoughts about leadership and culture down on paper in a series of short, easy-to-digest essays. This is the fifth essay in a series of six. If you’d like to know a little about my background and inspiration, my website […]

LEADERSHIP AND CULTURE Creating More of the Results You Want Introduction I have been putting my thoughts about leadership and culture down on paper in a series of short, easy-to-digest essays. This is the fourth essay in a series of six. If you’d like to know a little about my background and inspiration, my website […]

LEADERSHIP AND CULTURE Creating More of the Results You Want Introduction I have been putting my thoughts about leadership and culture down on paper in a series of short, easy-to-digest essays. This is the third essay in a series of six. If you’d like to know a little about my background and inspiration, my website […]

LEADERSHIP AND CULTURE Creating More of the Results You Want Introduction I have been putting my thoughts about leadership and culture down on paper in a series of short, easy-to-digest essays. This is the second essay in a series of six. If you’d like to know a little about my background and inspiration, my website […]

LEADERSHIP AND CULTURE Creating More of the Results You Want Introduction I have been putting my thoughts about leadership and culture down on paper in a series of short, easy-to-digest essays. This is the first essay in a series of six. If you’d like to know a little about my background and inspiration, my website […]

I recently took my wife to Olive Garden for lunch just so I could stay in touch with what they’re doing. On one level, the experience was quite extraordinary. It’s a machine; we were greeted, seated, waited on, and served in a very courteous and efficient manner in a clean nicely appointed restaurant. For what […]

I watched the Bachelorette with my wife last night. We enjoy getting each other’s perspective on the various participants and of course guessing who will or will not get a rose. Like most of you, I appreciate the authenticity of the emotions and behaviors and enjoy the “transparency” of the alone moments when we hear […]

“There is no way to “teach” what it means to be a leader except by being what we wish to invoke in others.” This very insightful and challenging quote is from the book, Building The Bridge As You Walk On It, by Robert E. Quinn. For me the most important word in that quote is […]

I recently attended the Piper Jaffrey conference in NYC (just before heading off to a spectacular vacation, really delayed honeymoon with my wife Shelley) and as always it was as well constructed content-wise as it was hosted. Prominent in many discussions/presentations for restaurants were the expected topics of millennials, technology interfaces for consumers, local sourcing […]