Planning, the breakfast of champions, y’all.
Big Red Car here on a cold morning. How cold, BRC? Brrrr, it’s 23F with a high of 53F today. Come on, sunlight.
So, today we have a few rules pertaining to planning. It is a time of year that CEOs should have finished their planning for 2018.
Leadership changes can effect policy which can alter outcomes. Leadership changes are critical to outcomes.
Big Red Car here on a glorious Texas, Austin By God Texas, day. Ahh, on Earth as it is in Texas!
One of the easiest ways to change outcomes is to change leadership. I say this in the context of business leadership (startups, in particular), but the example I will use has to do with the Middle East and ISIS. Hello, America!
If you have been following the unending war in Iraq and Syria, you will note several interesting things.
ISIS is kaput and it is only a matter of time before its leadership is dead, and its footprints disappear.
Let’s explore how this happened.
Layoffs are never fun. Here’s how to think about and do it.
So, it is gorgeous in the ATX — high 0f 78F, currently sunny and 67F. On Earth as it is in Texas! A day to eat outside.
So, we spoke earlier about firing folks for cause, remember?
Today, we follow up on that by talking about layoffs. Layoffs are “not for cause” terminations, while firing people is “for cause.” Know the distinction. Either way, it is a hard day at Slippery Rock when you have to fire or layoff folks.
Firing people and laying folks off is a hard day. Here are some thoughts on how to do it.
Big Red Car here on a cloudy, but soon to be sunny, day in the ATX, God’s country. On Earth as it is in Texas! Muggy today.
So, a CEO has a series of things she struggles with. We talked about that right here:
One of those things is terminating employment either by firing someone (for cause) or laying someone off (not for cause).
They are both difficult to do. Here’s some thoughts on the subject.
Training table for the Big Red Car today — looking forward to a nice steak with a 10W40 mushroom sauce. We are talking training today for both the Rangers and the startup.
So, in the continuum of crawl, walk, run — somewhere about the walk to run transformation, the startup should start thinking about training.
If you look at this picture of these sharp Rangers, the difference between them and the rest of the straight leg Army is the quality of their training. They train to their mission.
U.S. Army Rangers with the 75th Ranger Regiment make up the “honor platoon” in a funeral procession to the gravesite of Gen. (retired) Wayne A. Downing during his internment service at West Point, NY, Sept. 27, 2007.
Today, we talk RISK, y’all. It is a four letter word and it can be profane, if you let it.
Big Red Car here on a sunny, Texas day which will give rise to a 103F temperature during which the BRC will be hanging in the pool, floating.
OK, so today we talk about risk. Risk is what drives startups. When you overcome a risk, you wander into the Winner’s Circle and collect your winnings at the mythical PAYWINDOW.
But, what is risk? Risk is different to different people. If you are a green, first time founder/CEO, then everything is risky after you have tied your shoes (the reason why new CEOs should wear slip-ons).
If you are a fifth time, serial entrepreneur, then your view of risk is different.
Leadership style or cattle today? Hmmm, which one?
Big Red Car here on one of those Texas days that makes you want to get on a horse and herd cattle up the trail, cross the Red River into the Indian Territory, and kick up your heels at a dance hall in Abilene, Kansas.
Listen, Big Red Car, I am not going to Abilene, Kansas. I like it right here. Go away, Big Red Car. Notice the lovely earrings. Cattle are controlled by numbers and they are assets on the hoof.
Maybe not.
OK, so I wrote a blog post a while ago about finding your “authentic” leadership style. I was talking to some CEOs (me, the Big Red Car, not that other guy, The Boss) and we got on the subject of leadership style. Everybody got hung up on the word “authentic.” Haha, it was funny.
Finding Your Authentic Leadership Style <<< read this
Deadlines, Big Red Car?
Big Red Car here on a spectacular Sunday morning. The Boss is enroute to church, so I can finally use the damn computer.
So, here it is, y’all. We are going to talk about deadlines.
You will recall I ragged you pretty good about creating SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time Constrained) goals.
OK, so you see the part about “time constrained?” That is the deadline, the goal post.
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