By Scott Westerman Tangible Value Clear Strategy Committed Team Excellent Execution Those are the four take-aways from my experience at Harvard Business School. The professors were excellent. I was surrounded by smart people who were engaged and eager to learn. The atmosphere was conducive to learning, the technology was top…
Posted by Scott Westerman I-55 Southbound, somewhere in Arkansas. The 2001 VW Jetta hums along at 78 MPH. We’re averaging 39 miles per gallon of my custom blended 20% biodiesel mix. In the trunk is a box containing Justin Carven’s latest Grease Car vegetable oil fuel system and we’re headed…
Posted by Scott Westerman “Level 5 leaders channel their ego needs away from themselves and into the larger goal of building a great company. It’s not that level 5 leaders have no ego or self-interest. Indeed, they are incredibly ambitious – but their ambition is first and foremost for the…
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Keith Ferrazzi is to the 21st Century what Dale Carnegie was to the 20th, a master at the art of how to win friends and influence people. His book, “Never Eat Alone : And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time” which he co-authored with Tahl Raz has…
The year was 1879. The place: Ishandlwana in colonial Africa. The British guns faced obsolete arrows and spears in the Zulu war. Each time the Zulus would charge the British lines, they were cut down in a volley of lead. The power of the modern British weaponry was awesome and…
Last night, we celebrated our wedding anniversary. It was a glorious fall evening in Iowa. The fruit of the fields has turned from green to golden. The first leaves are falling and there is, even now, a hint of the fiery colors to come as autumn in the Midwest reaches…