Experienced or Over the Hill

Perspective How often do older employees become stereotyped by their younger peers and "superiors" as unproductive, out of step, forgetful, frail, overpaid, lacking knowledge of technology, and/or unsatisfied (perhaps this list could be expanded but you get the point and I am becoming angry)? What value could be produced with thirty or forty years of …

Intent

Plan with intent for success

Clear, Complete Communication

Communication for Engagement In the book, First Break All the Rules (Buckingham & Coffman, 2000), one of the key take-aways reported by the authors is that the engagement of human capital occurs at the highest level when there is an organizational culture of well communicated, clearly understood individual roles. However, in my experience, the real-world …

Managerial Musings

by M Anthony Sacco What makes you … a great "manager"? Bing defines it like this: NOUN - a person responsible for controlling or administering all or part of a company or similar organization. The first characteristic that stands out, that shouts to me, in this definition is the word "responsible".  I agree with the …

What is Strategy

Strategy & What Makes It Work by M. Anthony Sacco of Stratalyne Business Solutions, LLC Yesterday, in between meetings, I stopped at Barnes & Noble, where I spent a while browsing the shelves of the "Business Section".  What caught my eye and my interest was the book, Strategy by S. Crainer and D. Dearlove (McGraw …

Evolution of Leadership – Reflection

Evolution of Leadership Style by M. Anthony Sacco When I think about evolution of leadership style and strategies for success, my mind goes back to my first supervisory position and the manager I reported to then.  At that time, I worked in a large accounting department for a multi-national manufacturing company.  This job was located …

Legacy & Leadership

Legacy can be a test of leadership. By M. Anthony Sacco (Stratalyne Business Solutions LLC) In the final chapter of John C. Maxwell’s book, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, as seems appropriate, is a keystone concept.  In it, he addresses the “Law of Legacy” or, as some would call it, “succession”.  At the outset, …

You Affect Organizational Culture

Control Over Culture An Organizational Commentary by M.Anthony Sacco Anaïs Nin (1903 – 1977) was an essayist and memoirist born and raised in France though her parents were not French but were Cuban. She spent some time in Spain and Cuba, but lived most of her life in the United States. She became an established …

You Affect Organizational Culture

Control Over Culture An Organizational Commentary by M.Anthony Sacco Anaïs Nin (1903 – 1977) was an essayist and memoirist born and raised in France though her parents were not French but were Cuban. She spent some time in Spain and Cuba, but lived most of her life in the United States. She became an established …

The Strategic Plan that Never Was

by M. Anthony Sacco Have you ever been faced with a strategic plan stealth attack? What this refers to is the management technique of some organizations that practice strategic planning as a necessary evil and therefore delegate it to the bean-counter in charge to whip up a five year projection that matches what the home …