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5 Things to Help You Succeed in Tough Times
Last week, I spoke at the Phoenixville Regional Chamber of Commerce Breakfast about how business leaders can conquer worry — and even succeed — in tough times. Click here to read a newspaper account of the talk. Something occurred to me right before the talk: Being a leader forces you to confront different stresses than […]
The Weiman Leadership Letter, January 2009
Wynnewood, PA Quote of the Month What Wayne Gretzky Can Teach Us About Leadership My Trip to the Beach (Best Wishes for the New Year!) News/Updates 1. Quote of the Month “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” — Wayne Gretzky 2. What Wayne Gretzky Can Teach […]
The Weiman Leadership Letter, December 2008
Wynnewood, PA Quote of the Month Punching Yourself in the Eye? Grab A Shovel News/Updates 1. Quote of the Month “I’ve had many defeats, but I was never defeated.” — Maya Angelou 2. Punching Yourself in the Eye? There’s a front-page article in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer entitled “Economic angst stresses psyches as well as wallets.” […]
The Weiman Leadership Letter, November 2008
Wynnewood, PA Quote of the Month No Pink Slips? (Not at the world’s best companies.) Grab A Shovel News/Updates 1. Quote of the Month “Over? Did you say ‘over’? Nothing is over until we decide it is!” — Bluto, in Animal House 2. No Pink Slips? (Not at the world’s best companies.) Are layoffs the […]
Grab a Shovel (and 3 other things you can do) to Conquer Worry and Drive Success in Tough Times
The financial world is a mess. And chances are this mess has leaked into your life professionally and personally. Most business leaders are looking for ways to protect and strengthen their organizations right now. This article offers some insights on how to do that. Events in the world – both good and bad – are […]
The Race is not to the Swift
In her commencement speech to the Vassar College class of 1983, Meryl Streep said, to paraphrase, that she thought life would be like college. But it’s not. It’s like high school. “The common denominator prevails, ” she said. “Excellence is not always recognized or rewarded. What we watch on our screens, whom we elect, are […]
Signs that a Valued Employee Might Be Leaving You
One of the more challenging tasks of leadership is making sure that your best people stick around. Of course, there are all kinds of reasons why valued staff members decide to move on. And those reasons may have nothing to do with their level of satisfaction with their job, or your company or team. For […]
The Weiman Leadership Letter, September 2008
Wynnewood, PA Quote of the Month Signs a Valued Staff Member May Be Leaving (And Some Preventive Maintenance) Time for Your Company’s Annual Check-Up? News/Updates 1. Quote of the Month “No one really knows enough to be a pessimist.” — Norman Cousins 2. Signs a Valued Staff Member May Be Leaving … One of the […]
The Weiman Leadership Letter, July 2008
Wynnewood, PA Leading through tough times … Stay connected … for free! News … Wondering what you missed? 1. Leading through tough times … Are we in a recession or not? Apparently, nobody knows, and maybe it doesn’t matter. The Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Samuelson once wryly observed that Wall Street has correctly forecast “nine […]