Daily Archives: November 3, 2013

Reading List (Update)

By | November 3, 2013

[November 03, 2013]  Today, more books that I found especially interesting:  The Spirit to Serve: Marriott’s Way by J.W. Marriott, Jr. and Kathi Ann Brown  A well-written, inspirational, and easy to read book that contains business tenets of the successful Marriott Hotel chain.  He talks about how through sheer determination Marriott shot from the small cottage to the… Read More »

Enabling Failure

By | November 3, 2013

[November 03, 2013]  We’ve all seen it; supervisors who give excuses for employees who are failures in their jobs.  Like the alcoholic whose family enables the alcoholic’s drinking behavior, leaders can also enable failure.  Whatever the reason or excuse, there is a emerging trend in U.S. organizations where leaders fail to take quick, effective action to deal with… Read More »