Benchmarking is stupid. The only reason I recommend benchmarking, analyzing another company, is to learn what not to do. But most organizations don’t think this way. They analyze and copy what competitors do without a worry about whether their practices will work for them or not; including culture.
Category Archives: Leadership
25 Sources of Personal Competitive Advantage
What gives you confidence that you have an advantage in any situation? Shane Parrish from Farnamstreet started an interesting thread on Twitter about sources of personal competitive advantage, check them out below.
4 Essential Tips to Become a Thought Leader Using Videos
in Leadership
Videos can be the perfect platform if you want to position yourself and become a thought leader in your industry. At the end of the day thought leadership is all about producing engaging content that guide and inspire others – and there is no medium more engaging than videos.
7 Components That Make For A Great Startup Company Culture
Startups boast about their culture, but most of the time they can’t even explain why it’s special. Culture is not about perks, it’s about why and how you do what you do and how that happens in the day to day; culture is about connecting the 3 P’s: purpose, people and processes.
When An Organization Minimizes The Fear People Feel On The Job, Performance is Maximized
in Innovation, Leadership
What drives someone to complain? Selfishness and frustration. Last week I published a post about complaining, driven by selfish reasons, and how it stands in our way of making progress.
Today I’ll focus on frustration.
6 Things You Should Stop Doing At Work Immediately In Order To Succeed
in Leadership
From the department of keeping things simple, here’s a quick post that was inspired by a conversation I had last week with a friend.
It’s common to talk with friends and family and hear them complain about their job; everyone does. Mostly, people complain about their boss, not being appreciated, not getting opportunities, and not getting rewarded for their work.
Transform Your Customers, Don’t Just Serve Them
Do you or your organization lead its customers? Yes, lead. Not just serve them, but lead them. In other words: Do you look out for them? Do you demand of them when they don’t demand more of themselves? Do you transform them?