“[N]o company can succeed today by trying to be all things to all people. It must instead find the unique value that it alone can deliver to a chosen market.” – Michael Treacy and Fred Wiersema, in The Discipline of Market Leaders: Choose Your Customers, Narrow Your Focus, Dominate Your […]
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“To spend a few minutes with people is simply not productive… The manager who thinks that he can discuss the plans, direction, and performance of one of his subordinates in fifteen minutes–and many managers believes this–is just deceiving himself.” – Peter Drucker in The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to […]
“There are many ways to practice work. We can look at it as just “a job to be done,” or as simply a way to pass the time, to prevent boredom or idleness. We can also look at is a sacred activity, as a manifestation of the miracle of being […]
“One lawyer I know describes his firm’s recruiting process as follows: “I describe the real life of being a lawyer as best I can. Then I ask them, ‘Do you really want to be a lawyer?’ It’s amazing how many hesitate. And if they do, I don’t want them. I’d […]