by Scott Anderson | Jun 12, 2017 | Coaching, Essential Reading, Leadership, Workplace Culture, Workplace Issues
Last week I wrote about Jeff Bezos’ annual letter to shareholders. Most of us in business look forward to reading this missive from the 4th richest person in the world (at last count). He reiterated his philosophy of Day 1 vs. Day 2 thinking, which so far has served...
by Scott Anderson | Jun 5, 2017 | Essential Reading, Leadership, Workplace Culture, Workplace Issues
The 20th Amazon shareholders letter written by Jeff Bezos is an annual business must-read. Also worth your time is a good article on Bezos’ letter by Suneel Gupta, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. One of the themes that Bezos...
by Scott Anderson | May 30, 2017 | Coaching, Leadership, Uncategorized, Workplace Issues
The May-June 2017 issue of the Harvard Business Review features a spectacular article, What Sets Successful CEOs Apart. I urge you to read the whole thing, but here are a few highlights. Between 2000 and 2013, the four authors conducted research on the CEO...
by Scott Anderson | May 22, 2017 | Coaching, Essential Reading, Uncategorized, Workplace Culture, Workplace Issues
What are the main distractions that cannibalize your day, and how much of every day is spent/wasted on them? Nobody else will protect our schedules for us, so we have to do it ourselves. Here are some tools that can help: Rocks, Pebbles, and Sand Almost everyone has...
by Scott Anderson | May 15, 2017 | Coaching, Essential Reading, Leadership, Workplace Culture, Workplace Issues
An article in the January-February issue of the Harvard Business Review covered one of my favorite topics: Trust in the workplace. In “The Neuroscience of Trust,” Paul J. Zak addresses new research which shows the highest trust workplaces are also the highest...
by Scott Anderson | Apr 26, 2017 | Coaching, Essential Reading, Leadership, Uncategorized, Workplace Culture, Workplace Issues
This is the final post on “What Not To Do And How Not To Do It” covering six of the biggest leadership mistakes and how to stop making them. Like the other negative behaviors we’ve discussed in the past several weeks, a bad attitude can manifest in many...
