Honestly Frank

How often have you asked someone a meaningful question and you can see in their eyes they are rushing to come up with an answer. They are not thinking about the question?

One of the most embarrassing moments in my career was at a Fortune 100 Business Plan meeting when I said to the Chairman "Honestly Frank" I was standing in front of 20 corporate executives and he lambasted me for 20 minutes

You are not listening to my question! You interrupt me before I finish! You aren't paying enough attention to even know if it was rhetoric! The best ... "Honestly Frank! Am I to assume when you don't say honestly your lying?"

From then on I practiced writing down the question, to stop me from talking, and to think about the question before responding

Change is Possible!

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Change Management

While there are no Magic Pills, there are techniques you can learn. This is the best source of easy reminders


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World trends

• 100 Million Chinese Families will reach European income levels by 2020
• 12% of US newlyweds last year met online
• Increase in the tax burden needed to maintain current benefit level for future generations? Germany 90%, Japan 175%
• What if every newborn in America received $6,000 as seed money for college, a first house or a business? What would be the ramifications? Would the cost be significant?
  
  There is a reason Harvard Business Review and McKinsey are thought leaders. These are from their Trends 2006/7 Articles. Step back from day to day and play with one of these 30 ideas. Both or either are worth subscribing to.
  
  http://www.harvardbusinessonline.org/
  http://www.mckinsey.com/

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