I spent over an hour going through my article collection and found nothing that seems worth sharing; I seem to have used up all the good stuff on this week’s Saturday Odd Bits, check them out, especially if you’re interested in Microsoft, and be sure to subscribe via RSS or EMAIL while you’re there.
Then I remembered one item I’ve been meaning to share with you and this particular weekend seems like an appropriate time to do it.
You may have seen it, since it’s been making the round of the Internet, but even so, I still want to share it with …read more

Saturday we looked at some incongruous actions and compensation of various CEOs and it reminded me of something I read a year or so ago, so I went looking and found it. Amazing!
I realize that housing is a touchy subject these days, but over the last few decade as houses got bigger and bigger I found it weirder and weirder.
There’s no way to ever convince me that any family or person, really needs a seven thousand-plus square foot house in order to live comfortably—let alone 10,000 and up.
The item I remembered article was  an UpFront blurb in Business Week that …read more

I had (what to me) was amazing news this weekend.
Leadership Turn is listed as one of Strategic Strategist’s 2009 Top Business Blogs. It not only made the list, but is number 16, just two places behind Guy Kawasaki.
I’m unfamiliar with Strategic Strategist and have no idea what, if anything, this means, but still! So I told some friends and my b5 cohorts and received some very nice congratulatory emails telling me that I deserved it, etc. Fun!
But it got me to thinking once again that I just don’t have the ego for the networked, self-promoted, memememe world I live in.
It’s …read more

I had a thought this morning and asked Jim Gordon, who draws mY generation, the Sunday comic on my other blog, to draw my thoughts for today.
He did a great job; I only wish I believed that it would happen sooner.

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Are you getting as tired as I am of the never-ending deceit and downright illegality that keeps coming to light?
Today’s quotes are a lead-in to tomorrow’s post.
A man just dumb enough to be fearless, just bright enough to be dangerous. –Ed Pearce (A lot of them around these days…)
Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. –Ann Landers (Does Blagojevich have a dog? Do Wall Streeters?)
Anger is a condition in which the tongue works faster than the mind. –Anon (Speed of mouth makes you stupid.)
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions. –Ellen …read more

Do words really make a difference? Can just one word change people’s perception of a person or event?
I’ve read several items lately on the importance of influence in leadership. Several even make the point that it’s the ability to influence that marks a person as a leader.
Personally, other than socially acceptable definitions, I don’t see a lot of difference between influence and manipulation.
Both influence and manipulation seek to produce an effect without any apparent exertion of force or direct exercise of command.
But if you say someone has a lot of influence it’s a compliment; call the same person a master …read more

One item today, because it has several parts, all revolving around a new, way outside-the-box book.
I’m referring to Jeff Jarvis’ just-released What Would Google Do?, exploring how to apply the lessons of Google to other industries and companies.
Jarvis teaches at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism; his blog is BuzzMachine.
Business Week published an excerpt describing how a car company run by Google might function and why the auto industry would be resistant to the approach. Be sure to read through the comments, they’re as interesting as the article.
I like the Management Tip Sheet; here are the …read more

I have very smart readers from all over the world. That means a variety of cultures, experiences, politics, attitudes and ages that provide a wide range of MAP (mindset, attitude, philosophy™).
I’d like to take advantage of that diversity to ask some questions.
I ask them because either I haven’t heard ideas that strike me as solving anything or because I haven’t seen them directly addressed. I honestly want a range of answers, not necessarily ones with which I agree, but a stimulating conversation! To that end I’m offering only the questions, no commentary or opinion.
I hope you’ll treat this post as …read more

Would you like to work for a company where the 401K matching on 5% of salary is as much as 11%? Where you can become a manager earning $62,000 plus bonus and company car with no college degree, no Union, no trade—nothing but hard work.
Of course, you’ll have to put up with snickers and even scorn if you mention your job in public.
All of that is what’s available to the 6,700 managers at company-owned McDonald’s restaurants.
“While an average McDonald’s grosses $2.2 million a year, seasoned managers who motivate employees and keep customers coming back can add more than $200,000 to …read more

My apologies for the short time lead, but I only received this yesterday.
You have an invitation from PBS’ Nightly Business Report to participate in creating their list of 30 Most Important Innovations from Last 30 Years
Here’s all the who/what/where/when info, all you have to do it go for it!
Media Alert: PBS’ Nightly Business Report
30 Most Important Innovations from Last 30 Years
In 1979, the first spreadsheet software was introduced, Sony rolled out the Walkman, ESPN began broadcasting sporting events to cable TV companies, and on public television, Nightly Business Report made its debut.  To celebrate their three decades on the air, …read more