Defensive Hiring

  Date: November 30th 1965 Location: Cape Canaveral Setting: Interview   “Hello Mr. Armstrong.  You have a phenomenal resume; I am thrilled to meet you”. “Yes sir, I understand you are looking for somebody to beat the Russians to the moon.  Look no further, I am a soldier, an experienced test pilot, and I am…

Meetings

Ah, the folks at despair.com have it so right (forgive me, “despair” folks, for using  your image – but hopefully, I will be directing some more traffic to your site – and how often do you get an endorsement from an ex undercover KGB agent?). In my 30 plus years career in corporate America, I…

The Folly of Micromanagement

There are all kinds of approaches to managing groups of people.  It appears that micromanagement is accepted as a valid alternative by many practitioners (not necessarily theoreticians).  Ladies and gentlemen – where is the logic in this approach?  Just for arguments sake, let us say you are heading an organization with 100 professionals.  Assuming that…