Sounds weird doesn’t it? How can an undertaker destroy my business? I am not even in the undertaker business. I am not even in the funeral home industry. That is exactly what happened in the mid 1900’s. Until then, the...

Boeing was already on the ropes after years of mishaps, quality issues, and tragic disasters. A little over a month ago, the union leadership geniuses decided now was the best time to strike (the last one was 16 years ago),...

I have often said you don’t have to go to a B school to learn business. Just look around. There are plenty of business lessons in the real world. Columbia University has managed to teach everything you shouldn’t do in...

I remember the first time I went on a business trip to China. It was a joint venture the company I worked for had with the Chinese government way back in 1989. As I entered the conference room with our...

Nothing like a good crisis to test your mettle! Leadership is easy on a good day. Leadership is easy when the business is on automatic pilot. Leadership is a piece of cake when nothing is going wrong. Leadership is easy...

I have had to contend with lots of crises in my 25 years as a CEO. Most of them I didn’t see coming. Here are the major ones…… https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/six-things-you-should-never-do-during-work-crisis-steven-l-blue-sypfc/?trackingId=qUbwIX0lS5uFgdkyMoYIKw%3D%3D

Only a journalist could come up with such a dumb idea. A few days ago, The WSJ posted and article that doing less is actually a way to do more. Huh? https://www.wsj.com/lifetyle/workplace/try-hard-but-not-that-hard-85-is-the-magic-number-for-productivity-6b5aa875?page=1…… https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/wall-street-journal-madness-doing-less-steven-l-blue/?trackingId=qUbwIX0lS5uFgdkyMoYIKw%3D%3D

If you want to learn to swim, you have to get in the water. If you want to learn how to drive, you have to get in the car. If you want to learn how to fight, you have to...

Why do so many of us run from conflict? Why not embrace it? It’s not a terrible idea. In fact, conflict is good for teams when it’s managed well. https://www.resourcefulmanager.com/conflict-is-good/

Employee morale can nosedive during a recession, so follow these tips to keep your workforce feeling positive and productive. https://www.sjp.co.uk/news/how-to-keep-staff-motivated-in-a-downturn

The CHIPS Act, the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Act will all pour billions of dollars into domestic manufacturing. But there’s a huge question lurking, and the stakes are high. By Andy Medici      

By welcoming criticism as a teaching moment, leaders can step out of their echo chambers and strengthen their companies—and reputations. By Brian O’Connell  

This week, I watched an endless stream of CEOs on CNBC spinning the most recent quarterly earnings, which to say the least were a surprise and disappointing. If I didn’t know better, I would think I was watching politicians. These...

I could not believe it when Inc Magazine actually praised the Delta CEO for his leadership, just because he apologized for the deplorable performance of his company. See the article here……. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/inc-magazine-offers-dumb-example-leadership-excuse-from-blue/

Lots of people have their hair on fire because Musk put the Twitter deal “on hold”. “What kind of nefarious ploy is he up to?” they ask. “This proves he was never serious about the deal, to begin with”, they...

The Elon Musk attempted takeover of Twitter will be fascinating to watch. But not from a back-and-forth proxy fight. The fascination to watch will be the culture fight. Twitter has a strong culture. And a strong culture is a good...