Econ Recon
A Turning World?: Many executives have been trying to understand and cope with the upside-down labor market courtesy of long term demographics and the short term Covid crisis. For many, the turnover in their firms is the worst part of the War for Talent. But maybe the talent turbulence is easing. ITR Economics’ Lauren Saidel-Baker suggests that […]
Getting Properly Bored
We all want to be more productive, and an entire industry of tools and consultants has sprung up to assist us in so doing. As helpful as these might be, one entrepreneur thinks they may get in the way. Maybe we spend too much time “getting ready to get ready” or “working on the work” or allow […]
Trust or Bust
Here’s some wisdom from two of my favorite sales professionals on what is the most important aspect of selling (and a lot of other things in life): Trust. Not much gets started without it and everything comes to a halt when it’s violated. Legendary Vistage speaker Jack Daly has spoken to thousands of Vistage members over the […]
In Reference to…
Employment references constitute that special type of information that employers desperately want to avoid bad hires…but are terrified of providing regarding their own departed hiring mistakes for fear of a defamation lawsuit should the former employee ever become aware of it. Fear not! The truth is that providing less than stellar references for less than […]
Why They Leave You
A few months ago I featured an article from the McKinsey Quarterly,“‘Great Attrition’ or ‘Great Attraction’? The choice is yours,” in which the authors stated that many employers don’t really know why their employees are leaving in droves. One reader wrote to McKinsey suggesting that the employees don’t know either. That’s the thesis of Lt. Colonel Adria Horn who served five […]
Disrespect 2.0
Most of us go through life not intending to show disrespect to anyone, but we’ve all had the experience of offending someone without meaning to, only learning later to our chagrin of our faux pas. People have committed the analog version of this sin through the ages, but the rise of the digital world provides new […]
Best Blogs
I resource material for your “edification, enlightenment and enjoyment” from many sources. I will continue to provide specific recommendations as above for the content I think is worthwhile. But if you don’t find anything to your liking above, check out this list of the best (in my opinion) blogs, websites etc. for the C-Level Executive. I will […]
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Econ Recon: “A Monty Python Economy?”
A Monty Python Economy: Remember the character in Monty Python “Search for the Holy Grail who kept insisting “I’m not dead yet!”? Dr. Brian Wesbury’s recent post suggests a similar analog to the increasing fears of a recession. Check out his blog post “We’re Not Already in a Recession.” The Surge Ebbs: The money supply, and consequently inflation, surged […]
