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Managers seem to be looking for a holy grail of management – the one tip, technique, method, or style that will finally make leadership and management easy – at least for them. But could this search be a source of dissatisfaction and unhappiness? I am in the midst of preparing my upcoming MBA class on management. Continue reading Are Managers Depressing Themselves?  I was at a meeting recently in which one of the participants said “If you want them to make the right choice, you need to give them an incentive.” There was nothing out of the ordinary about the comment. In fact, in the business school, it was completely ordinary if not expected. Ask any MBA student Continue reading Do Incentives Undermine Incentive? Laurie and I went to San Francisco for the annual Conference for Global Transformation. Laurie is the Chairperson of the conference while I am accountable for the Journal and all the presentations at the conference. What this means is that Laurie is my boss. Each year, the day before the conference I play golf with Blair, a Continue reading Getting What I Scheduled at Spyglass (the golf course) Want more projects to succeed? Then be sure people have put when they will do the work in their personal schedules. I have been having a running conversation with several project managers about challenging schedules and how to deal with them. What I find interesting in the conversation is that they tend to focus (1) on Continue reading Project Managers Are Overlooking a Key to Success I played golf this morning – third time this year (I am ahead of last year’s pace). On the third hole, I had a 20 yard shot to the green and mishit the shot. Walt, a 76 year old gentleman I was playing with, commented on my shot, saying, “You did what I do, your Continue reading Playing Isn't the Same As Practicing I met my wife Laurie at the ORSA-TIMS conference in St. Louis in October, 1987. ORSA is the Operations Research Society of America and TIMS is The Institute of Management Science. Sounds really exciting doesn’t it? As a successful management consultant with a Ph.D. in operations research, Laurie was there to discover what was new Continue reading A Marriage of Theory and Practice |
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