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Captivate
Promise delivered. Not only has this recent phenomenon Captivate Network captured our attention, but it has made that 30 second elevator speech a thing of the past. Instead we fixate our eyes on a 7″ lcd monitor wondering not what floor we need to get off on but whether or not Miss USA might be stripped…of her title for partying too hard. This genius of a company brings the best and most promising news, stocks, and water cooler chit-chats to the one place we’ve always dreamed…an elevator. And I think I speak for all when I say, silence is bliss. No more awkward rides to the penthouse. Just think, a topic is just one stare away.
If you haven’t seen it for yourself, just press the ^ button.
Captivate Network, was purchased in 2004 by Gannett, a private news company earning a paltry $8 billion in ’06. Not too shabby for a 65 employee…social entrepreneur.
Posted on Friday, 15th Dec, 2006
Mr Nice Guy?
To what point do you turn from Mr. Nice Boss to Mr. Friend to Mr. I’m Allowing You to Take Advantage of This Friendship? The Machiavellian leader, to be feared or to be loved, who are you? who am I?
We look at ourselves amidst a world of responsibilities. We all are leaders, we all are friends to somebody. We all want to be loved or feared at sometime. I myself – have been told by friends that I am nice (which hopefully isn’t a lie). I want to be a great leader one day. But my question is how will my niceness affect … the bottomline? How will I, you, everyone be the next great leader?
This article (Business Week’s IdeasTheWelchWay) – hit a very sore spot…an overly nice boss. This is a mistake we, nice leaders, can’t make. Please do yourself a favor and read the potentials of becoming overly friendly, overly attached to your peers/subordinates/superiors, and letting that relationship damage you job.
The Whining Game – Jack and Suzy Welch -article copyrighted by Business Week
Posted on Thursday, 25th May, 2006
Candor
While reading Winning by Jack Welch, his 2nd chapter: Candor – the business’ dirty little secret, it hit me. We all suffer from the lack of being candid. We like to sugar-coat every little detail – in an attempt to make everyone happy or to avoid more conflict.
Frankly organizations don’t run smoothly 100% of the time. As experienced first hand, Pi Kapps didn’t run smoothly during my EC tenure or the transition thereafter. Why? Because of the lack of candor. We didn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings and we certainly didn’t want to cause any more problems (so we thought). Perhaps we didn’t feel as comfortable communicating between the different leaderships. This led to candid talks only amongst sub-groups. Problems arose and tolerance dropped.
The resolution? Candor. Open communication to solve problems regardless of the extra difficulties it might bring up. The more problems surface, the better opportunities await to resolve them all. As a life lesson one should look forward to solving as many problems as possible not only as a preventative measure but as a cure. Don’t aim to fix what’s on the surface and wait for the rest to boil.
Too often we hope problems will go away if we leave it alone. This is simply not true. Let’s all hope for a more candid future and a path to resolution. Let the future shine.
Posted on Tuesday, 23rd May, 2006