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Marty

There are lots of different schools of thought on which competencies are most useful to help you achieve your career ambitions. I’ve thought about this a lot over my 40 years in businesses…  … working my way up from the bottom of the food chain to the top, and more recently, getting a window into […]

In a world where we have ready access to a mountain of information on pretty much everything, decision-making processes in many companies have become more and more about data analytics. Relying more on facts, and less on opinions is a good thing, right?! But, in my experience, the best decisions strike a balance between quantitative […]

Virtually every company has natural tensions built into its DNA. For example, there’s the classic rub point between sales and operations… it’s easy to sell something, but then – your company has to deliver it. Sales people have a natural tendency to “over sell” a product, sometimes to the point where it’s almost impossible for […]

Many leaders use the word “value” with gay abandon… they say things like, “Come on, I want you all to add value”, or “We need to create value for our customers.” But for many of the people that this is designed to motivate and encourage, it’s almost meaningless. There’s no tangible way for them to […]

Whenever you need approval for resources, or to commence a program of work, you’ll most likely need to convince your boss that it’s a good idea. As a CIO and finance executive, and later as a CEO, I assessed hundreds of investment proposals, and I made decisions based upon whether or not the business cases […]

We all have an idea of what the term “character” means, but you may find it hard to put into words… and, if you actually get a number of people to explain what they think it is, you’ll find that everyone’s definition is different.  It’s likely to include concepts like: Trustworthiness Respect  Fairness Caring  Resilience […]

According to the Urban Dictionary, a Captain’s Call is a decision made unilaterally by a team leader without consulting colleagues, often resulting in a massive CF, which, to be clear, is an acronym representing two words – first word, “cluster” In the majority of cases, these Captain’s Calls are seen by team members as being […]

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We produced a podcast episode several years ago to help you identify some of the unconscious biases that may affect your judgment, perception, and actions. As much as we like to think we’re free from bias, it’s an unavoidable part of the human condition. In that episode, I covered 18 unconscious biases that are likely […]

I’m often asked when I’m interviewed, “Marty, what’s one thing you wish you’d learned earlier”… or the more modern form of that question, which is, “Marty, what would you like to be able to tell your 20-year old self?” There are any number of life lessons that I could absolutely have used earlier on, and […]