8/7/10: Wally's Writing Last Week

Here's some of my writing on the web last week.

My Three Star Leadership Blog

8/1/10: Leadership Reading to Start Your Week
Here are five choice articles from the business schools, the business press and major consulting firms to start off your work week. I'm pointing you to articles about the new abnormal, what to call "lean" manufacturing, Sizzler on the comeback trail, management practices, and Italy.

It's not about ROWE
The best thing that debates about ROWE have done is raise issues for discussion. The worst thing is that the debates are more about ROWE than the real issues.

Ruthless Focus: What about Toyota?
In the book, Ruthless Focus, we used Toyota as an example of a company that had decades of success because of a ruthless focus on a simple core strategy. Since then the company has fallen on hard times.

8/4/10: Midweek Look at the Independent Business Blog
Every week I select five excellent posts from this week's independent business blogs. This week, I'm pointing you to posts on becoming a leader, results orientation (or not), making the most of your people time, sustainable business excellence, and creating a culture of fear.

Ruthless Focus: Three Kinds of Crisis
Crises are part of business. Some are part of a natural cycle. Some sneak up on you. And some are self-inflicted.

The story of Yahoo's shifting strategy
Yahoo didn't start out to be a business. When it became a business it never seemed to have a clear strategy. That's a recipe for confusion, not success.

My Posts at Results vs. Activities

Quick, develop some leaders!
"'Honey, it's almost dinner time. Would you go outside and plant some tomatoes?' Sounds stupid. After all, you can't plant tomatoes at 4 o'clock and have tomatoes at 6 o'clock dinner. But that seems to be what many companies expect from talent development."

8/5/10: Top Talent Development Posts this Week
Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find you the pick of the lot for the week. In this post, you'll find pointers to pieces about retaining top talent, talent management strategies, today's top talent management challenges, training for new managers, and hiring senior executives that stay and produce.

My Posts on The Management Experts

Performance Management: The Secret
We never find out what Curly's secret of life is. But it's OK. I've got more modest ambitions. I know the secret of being a great boss. It's one thing.

My free, email only Three Star Leadership Letter was on "Mater Man."

You'll also find me at Weekly Leader with a quick review of the business blogs and the Question of the Week.

Client Projects

This week I'm writing promotional material for a book on business strategy, coaching an executive on personal efficiency, writing articles to enrich and promote one client's web site, and writing blog posts for a client.

My latest book, co-authored with Tom Hall is Ruthless Focus: How to use key core strategies to grow your business. You can find out more about it on Three Star Leadership of head over to Amazon and Barnes & Noble to buy a few copies.

My coaching calendar currently has space open. If you want to get a book done, let's talk about options. What can I do for you?