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Tag Archives: Republicans
Want Growth? Part IV: Try Some Confidence
The numbers are in, and people lack confidence. Not all people, but enough of them to slow consumer spending and business investment.
Lack of confidence changes behavior. Confident consumers spend more money because they believe the future will be positive. Confident sales people make more sales because they trust their ability and the value of their product. Confident companies invest in innovation, talent development, and new equipment because they believe that they will be rewarded for their investment. Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Add value, Business Growth, Business Strategy, Communication, Corporate Culture, Decision Making, Democrats, Execution, Growing your business, Innovation, Leader, Leadership, Leadership Development, Performance Improvement, Personal Development, Randy Pennington, Republicans, Results, Trust
Tagged add value, business competitiveness, Business Strategy, corporate culture, Democrats, Exceptional effort, Excuses, Execution, Hard work, Important Questions, increasing revenue, innovation, Integrity, leadership, Leading in crisis, management, Randy Pennington, Republicans, results, Results Rule, trust, Vision
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Want Growth? Part I: Start With Trust
The U.S. economy is in a self-fulfilling death spiral propelled by mistrust. There is a good chance that the same thing can be said of your industry, your employer, and your career.
Growth requires investment, and that requires confidence. You can’t cut your way to sustainable growth.
When trust is absent, people naturally protect their immediate self-interest. This will occur even if it leads to their long-term individual and collective undoing. Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Business Growth, Business Strategy, Communication, Corporate Culture, Democrats, Execution, Growing your business, Innovation, Integrity, Leader, Leadership, Leadership Development, Performance Improvement, Personal Development, President Obama, Randy Pennington, Stupid Decisions, Tea Party, Trust
Tagged Accountability, add value, business competitiveness, Business growth, Business Strategy, corporate culture, Decision Making, economy, Exceptional effort, Excuses, Execution, Hard work, Important Questions, innovation, leadership, Leading in crisis, management, President Obama, Randy Pennington, Republicans, results, Results Rule, Tea Party, trust, Vision
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Town Halls & Buses & Fairs … Oh My!
Someone recently asked me why I use so many examples from political leaders when discussing effective leadership.
Isn’t it obvious? Every week elected leaders and candidates give us something that is simply too good to ignore. This week’s example is the brou ha ha over President Obama’s bus trip through the heartland.
In case you missed it, a number of people were upset that the President left his “real job” in Washington to ride through the middle of the U.S. on a new tricked out bus while conducting town hall meetings and visiting the Fair.
To the President’s detractors, this was a blatantly political act designed to take the focus off of the two leading Republican presidential candidates, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and Governor Rick Perry.
Bachmann and Perry were also taking time away from their “real jobs” to ride through America’s heartland on tricked out buses attending town hall meetings and Fairs. The only apparent difference is that they were asking people to give them a new job while on the clock at their current job while the President was accused of asking people if he could keep his current job.
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Posted in Accountability, Business Growth, Business Speech, Business Strategy, Communication, Corporate Culture, Decision Making, Democrats, Execution, Growing your business, Integrity, Leadership, Leadership Development, Personal Development, President Obama, Republicans, Trust
Tagged add value, business competitiveness, Business Strategy, Communication; Business Presentations, corporate culture, Decision Making, Democrats, Exceptional effort, Excuses, Execution, Important Questions, Integrity, leadership, management, Randy Pennington, Republicans, results, Results Rule, trust, Vision
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Why Geithner Must Go
Timothy Geithner must go for two reasons: (1) he’s expendable: and (2) he has become a distraction.
Geithner didn’t vote on a single debt proposal, and yet he played a significant role in the crisis.
This is what happens when coaches are fired. The coach isn’t on the field making the plays, and you would think that players would be committed enough to play hard for the common good. But when you can’t fire the team, you often fire the coach.
You can’t fire an elected official, and the public and financial markets want someone held accountable. It is unfortunate and perhaps even a little unfair. Sorry Tim, you need to go.
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Posted in Accountability, Business Strategy, Decision Making, Democrats, Execution, Integrity, Leader, Leadership, Liar, Mistakes, President Obama, Randy Pennington, Republicans, Results, Stupid Decisions, Trust
Tagged Accountability, Business Strategy, Decision Making, Democrats, Excuses, Execution, Important Questions, Integrity, leadership, Leading in crisis, Randy Pennington, Republicans, Results Rule, Timothy Geithner, trust
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Why Public Sector Unions Could Become Extinct
The standoff between Republican elected officials and their Democratic colleagues over the roll and scope of collective bargaining with public sector unions has escalated to the point where rhetoric has overtaken reason. So let’s look at what this means and why public sector unions could become extinct.
Posted in Business Strategy, Corporate Culture, Democrats, Execution, Leader, Leadership, Performance Improvement, Public Employee Unions, Randy Pennington, Republicans, Results, State Budget Crisis, Stupid Decisions, Trust, Union Busting, Wisconsin Employee Union
Tagged Accountability, business competitiveness, Business Strategy, corporate culture, Democrats, Excuses, Execution, Hard work, Important Questions, Integrity, leadership, Leading in crisis, Public Employee Unions, Randy Pennington, Republicans, Results Rule, trust, Vision
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What the 2010 Mid-Term Elections Mean for Leaders
I posted a link to a survey on my Facebook and Twitter pages on the day following the election. In the days that followed, a small group of people responded to five questions about what motivated their vote and what they believe it means. Continue reading
Posted in 2010 Elections, Democrats, Leadership, President Obama, Randy Pennington, Republicans, Results, Tea Party, Trust
Tagged 2010 Election, Accountability, Democrats, leadership, Randy Pennington, Republicans, results, Tea Party, trust, Vision
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