by Franklin Wordsmith | Oct 29, 2019 | Leadership
There seems to be a continuum on how people deal with culture issues. At one end are those who say. “This is amorphous and intangible and hard to pin down!” At the other, they state, “We need to quantify and measure this!”As usual, a solid...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Oct 22, 2019 | Leadership
I remember the first time I heard “corporate culture.”The chairman of the company where I worked summoned me—as director of public relations—into his office.Lions and Chairmen and BearsHe sat behind his massive desk at the far end of the room (think Wizard of Oz...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Oct 1, 2019 | Leadership
I remember the first time I heard about the second type of person who says “no” to you at work: Dead Weight Danny. My mother was the chief of the Midwest Property Division for the Department of Defense. She had a job open up, interviewed candidates, and...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Sep 24, 2019 | Leadership
I’m dating myself here. But in one of the many Star Trek incarnations, the Enterprise was led by Captain Jean-Luc Picard. One of his catchphrases was “Make it so.”Don’t we wish we could look at the people we work with, say “Make it...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Aug 29, 2019 | Leadership
OK: I fixed my issue with YouTube! You can either watch the video or read the article.The Cold, Hard TruthA lot of times we suffer from something called “frozen thinking.” This is when we have such a long and deeply held belief in something that we no longer question...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Aug 1, 2019 | Leadership
Before opening my own communication practice, I took a job as an account executive at the world’s largest investor communications agency.One day, my boss asked me out to lunch. This made me nervous, because I was still new and he hadn’t done this before.At...
