Public redundancies

Public redundancies

By Jeff Altman, Big Game Hunter Disclaimers are a difficult and sensitive topic that affects individuals and families. While companies sometimes have to make tough decisions, the way these decisions can be communicated to significantly affect those affected. Announcing redundancies by identifying “bad artists” is not only unprofessional but also extremely harmful. Such messages lack … Read more

How Jeff Bezos’s ‘truth telling’ corporate culture led to big ideas like Amazon Prime

How Jeff Bezos's 'truth telling' corporate culture led to big ideas like Amazon Prime

Being an effective change agent doesn’t require you to have all the answers about what to do. It does not require you to be a brilliant visionary who is extremely confident that you know the way forward. Even brilliant visionaries make mistakes in what they believe about the future, including Steve Jobs. He was emphatically … Read more