I just kicked off Phase 2 of The Corporate Radical Project. We’re going dark for an extended period of time. Phase 3 will be big… But you’re going to have to wait until Phase 2 is finished… It’ll be a while. If you have questions, Contact Me.
It puts you at risk; your credibility, your job, your future. It puts you at risk of losing these three things. So why do it? Why put some of the most important things in your life at risk? Because they won’t change unless you do. Your credibility will never improve if you don’t take the risk, your career will never progress if you don’t take the risk, and your future will never become reality if you don’t stick your neck … →
After a 3 month hiatus from any writing… I’m back. Re-energized with new ideas, a renewed focus, and big plans for The Corporate Radical Project. Yes, this is a relaunch post… And I’ve answered four of the most important questions I received during my time away. Why haven’t you been writing? Burn out. The original focus of Corporate Radical was to make money, but that pulled me in a direction that I didn’t always feel good about. It required … →
Business owners have major skin in the game… So do many public-company executives. But there’s a difference between the two that greatly affects how they make decisions, how they think, and the responsibility they place on themselves. Business Owner = Parent Let’s look at the owner first. I like to think of business owners as parents, they’re personally responsible for the health of their child (the company) and they take their job very seriously… Because if they don’t, they risk … →
So a big part of my blogging gig is to drive traffic to this website. Part of that process is defining the specific keywords and phrases that you, the reader, will be searching for to find this type of content. My favorite tool for this purpose is Market Samurai, and I use it often… But we aren’t talking about the tool here, you can find out about them on their website. Here we’re talking about unsolicited customer service. So Market … →
Over at Lindsey Pollak’s blog is a great article where she interviews Jenny Floren, author of The Innovation Generation, on Generation Y in the workplace. There’s an especially valuable insight that you need to read. From Lindsey’s article: You mention in your book that Gen Ys have a ‘why not?’ attitude. What do you mean by this and how is it an asset? Think about it this way – in your own working environment have you learned more from the … →
This is a great TEDx presentation by 37Signals’ Jason Fried on why we can’t get anything done at the office, and why the best work we do actually happens in other places and at other times. Take 15 minutes and watch this now, it’ll validate what you already knew and help you find ways to improve upon the work interruption that is your office. Enjoy!
Let’s think about this for a second… Here’s what almost all career advice agrees upon: Don’t burn any bridges with the company you’re leaving Don’t share the negative reasons you’re leaving Don’t share any negative reasons for leaving a company with your future employer Focus on the positives, always So why do we do exit interviews? To get better… So why do we always except the “It’s not you, It’s me” speech from those who are leaving us? It’s the … →
Seth Godin wrote a post on his blog about measuring busy-ness, and how it’s so much easier than measuring business. Go read the post, it’ll take you 2 minutes, then come back and read on… We want to look busy, and we want others to know just how busy we think we are. Checking email at 11pm, leaving the office late, running from meeting to meeting all day, missing your children’s school play to meet a deadline… Unfortunately, this is … →
You know why you see these words at the end of so many documentaries and news stories… Fear. Corporations hate to lose control, they’re afraid of what might happen. But some are willing to face that fear. Domino’s Pizza, for example. We’ve all seen the videos of the Domino’s workers doing unspeakable things to food that was apparently headed out the door to customers. That was a bad few weeks for Domino’s corporate office; handling phone calls, responding to the public, … →
