It seems as if it was 20 years ago when I was working for a company that was outsourcing the pension and 401k management. After reviewing several options, we selected Vanguard Mutual Fund Group and a few of us traveled up to see the home office. Mr. Bogle named the company after Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of the Nile. The environment was really cool and they took this idea of war ships to an incredible level. Even the buildings were positioned as if they were in attack mode. The emp ...
A friend sent me this article on leadership and although I don't do this too often I thought it was worth a copy and paste. The article was written in 2001 by Colonel James E. Moschgat, Commander of the 12th Operations Group, 12th Flying Training Wing, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.
William "Bill" Crawford certainly was an unimpressive figure, one you could easily overlook during a hectic day at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Mr. Crawford, as most of us referred to him back in the late ...
This past weekend, many of us got a chance to watch the Masters (Ok, my last Golf related post for the week). Personally, I enjoy the Masters more for the course than I do for the golfers, per se. The 13th and 15th holes at Augusta National are a couple of the greatest risk reward holes in golf. Four things must happen in order to take advantage of the opportunity. First, you have to be prepared or talented enough to get into the Masters. This is no small feat and most golfers would trad ...
When you think of business ethics, what comes to mind? For me, I think of whistle blowing at Enron, insider trading, and corporate espionage; cloak and dagger type stuff. However, business ethics can also come with the little things that we do or don't do. At any given point in time, organizations may have hundreds of job openings in the growing areas of the business. Several members of our senior leadership have spoken about moving folks to the growth areas while reducing staff in the le ...
