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Create your own path

April 23, 2012/in Nuggets and Encouragement Regarding Strategy and Focus/by Tom Doescher

Barbara and I got back into cross-country skiing this year. One day, as we were skiing along a groomed track in beautiful northern Michigan, I thought to myself, “It would be more fun to make my own track through the snow, but it would definitely be more difficult.” I think the same is true in […]

Haven’t We Learned Anything

April 17, 2012/in Sharpening Your Personal Leadership Skills/by Tom Doescher

Recently, I met the son of one of the Detroit 3 executives. Just to give you a little background, his father is at a senior level with the same company, and the son is an up and coming manager level engineer. Jim Collins talks about hubris being the first stage of how mighty companies fall. […]

Hire Owners, continued

April 10, 2012/in Extraordinary Customer/Client Service/by Tom Doescher

The crazy thing is that I actually looked forward to seeing Howard Klein at Nordstrom’s again; meeting him made me want to return to the store, even though I hate to shop. The experience caused me to think about a possible strategy for hiring key associates. As I reflected on the subject, a manufacturing company […]

Hire Owners

April 3, 2012/in Extraordinary Customer/Client Service/by Tom Doescher

I hate to shop. In fact, I really hate to shop. But I needed to upgrade my wardrobe, so I ventured into Nordstrom’s — and, to my surprise, I was delighted to meet Howard Klein. Klein probably deals with lots of guys like me, but he was amazing. He was direct, but not pushy. He […]

That Guy

March 27, 2012/in Ideas to help you build a solid team/by Tom Doescher

I recently heard Henry Cloud speak from his very powerful book, Necessary Endings. Cloud used the phrase “That Guy” to label the team member in every company who is holding the rest of the team back from greatness. Cloud’s talk led me to reflect back on so many organizations where I have met “That Guy.” […]