Author: pallas

Successful organizations are more about hard work and effectively deploying people than they are about great ideas.  Great ideas must be balanced by great work ethic, leadership and a balanced...

Great thoughts are the beginning of every great organization and then must be followed by feelings and actions.   [more] For decades, IBM’s theme was one word: Think IBM’s first great...

Great coaching creates great organizations.  Be careful not to judge your players too soon. [more] I was an aspiring advertising agency exec on a pretty fast track but I’d just...

Among all our weakness and humanity, love is the one thing we can all bring equally to our world. [more] I found a letter my Dad sent me after he...

How many times can you remember “faking it”? My list is very long. The first few weeks of high school The first few weeks of college A few months on...

Joke of the Month: What it means to be in an Irish Family 1) You have no idea how to make a long story short! 2) You swear very well....

Ah, the golden key to loyalty among the ranks! Here it is: Invite your team to stick around for the long haul, but if they decide to fly the coop,...

Funny of the Month: Switching I’ve been trying to think lately about true stories that happened that are funny enough for a laugh and this one came to me today:...

The more questions I ask, the more certain the answers will be.  Questions lead to research; research leads to risk reduction in both business and in my life. My peer...