Nov 09 2011
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The Christmas Tree Tax The government has decided to charge consumers a 15 cent per live Christmas tree tax this year. This Christmas tree tax is to help fund an effort by the Department of Agriculture to improve the image and marketing of Christmas trees. They say this is not a tax, but …
Oct 05 2010
There seems to be a month, week, or day for just about everything. I don’t know who determined this, but October is International Strategic Planning Month. I also don’t know why the world needs a strategic planning month but since we have one, I’ll certainly take advantage of it.
Mar 30 2010
For the last five posts, I’ve detailed six different leadership cultures. You may have seen yourself or your organization in one of these cultures. Unfortunately, many leaders don’t understand that they are in a particular situation. But, it falls to the organization’s leader to determine the type of leadership culture that exists. Unlike …
Mar 25 2010
In the last post, I discussed the Everyone for Themselves, and the Status Quo leadership cultures. This time I’ll discuss the One Decision Maker and Give and Take cultures. One Decision Maker In this organization, the boss makes all the decisions. Subordinate leaders are held responsible but are given very little, if any, …
Mar 23 2010
In the last post, I discussed the Anything Goes and The Boss is God leadership cultures. This time I’ll discuss the Everyone for Themselves, and the Status Quo cultures. Everyone for Themselves This culture represents a big problem. No one is looking out for the good of the organization, but instead is concentrating …
Mar 18 2010
In the last post, I discussed the Lockstep leadership culture. This time I’ll discuss the Anything Goes and The Boss is God cultures. Anything Goes This organization is almost the exact opposite of the Lockstep. In the Anything Goes culture, there is an extremely free flow of ideas and almost no hierarchy, or …
Mar 16 2010
Much has been written about culture in an organization and that culture is certainly an important thing for a leader to study. In both my personal experience and study of leadership, I’ve discovered that there is another culture in an organization that deserves a leader’s attention. This culture is probably not clearly defined …
