Why Your Middle Managers Aren’t Executing

Your middle managers agree with the plan. That is not a consolation and it is not the beginning of a solution, it is the actual problem, because a plan that everybody agrees with and nobody executes has already ruled out the explanation you were about to reach for....

Consulting Proposal Scope Language: A Decoder

What does this article cover? Why does scope language read like this? The decoder The small words doing the most work What does good scope language look like? What about the rest of the document? How do you rewrite a proposal before signing? Who should this article...

Why Doing More Work Doesn’t Get You a Raise

Your Salary Is Not a Reward for SufferingThe Two Forces That Set Your PayWhy Doing More Work Doesn’t Get You a RaiseShould You Ask for a Raise for Extra Work?How to Get Promoted Faster: Treat Extra Value as a DepositThree People Who Never Asked for a RaiseWhy...

Urgency vs Consequence: Which One Works

You have the evidence. Four slopes, all pointing the same way, and a room that has looked at them and agreed they are real. Then nothing happens. The meeting ends, everyone returns to the work that was already on their desk, and six weeks later you are the person who...