Entries by First Sun Team

Leadership: ‘Dilbert’ Creator Scott Adams Illustrates Why ‘Goals are For Losers & Passion is Overrated’… Adams has a Chapter in His Book “How to Fail at Almost Everything & Still Win Big” Titled “Passion is Bullshit.”

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Dilbert” creator Scott Adams has a chapter in his book “How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big” titled “Passion is Bullshit.” “When a successful person is interviewed, and you say, ‘What was the secret to your success?’ what they can’t say, because society won’t let them, is: ‘I was smarter, I worked […]

Strategy: Gartner Predicts 3 Big Data Trends for Business Intelligence…By 2020, Information Will be Used to Reinvent, Digitalize or Eliminate 80% of Business Processes

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Big data has given businesses a window into valuable streams of information from customer purchasing habits to inventory status. However, internal data streams give only a limited picture, especially with the growth of digital business. Three trends Gartner has identified describe information’s ability to transform business processes over the next few years. Our predictions include: […]

Strategy: 6 Ways To Take Advantage Of Negative Reviews… You Can’t Be What Everyone Wants You to Be, & as You Go on Serving the Public, You are Bound to Disappoint a Few

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With sites like Yelp and Google Reviews a single customer can share his or her poor experience with your company with millions of people by a few clicks of the mouse.  From there, your reputation can be dragged in the mud by any crackpot or veiled competitor. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” […]

Leadership:Manage Executive Onboarding Risk With Three Key Questions…Want to Avoid Being Part of the 40% of Executives That Fail in Their First 18 Months In a New Job?

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Want to avoid being part of the 40% of executives that fail in their first 18 months* in a new job? Answer three key questions before you accept the job to mitigate organization, role and personal risks: What is the organization’s sustainable competitive advantage? Did anyone have concerns about this role and, if so, what […]

Leadership: How To Recover From Failure…”First of all, You Should Have the Confidence Yourself. But if You Can’t Transfer That to Your Teammates, You’re in Trouble”- Roger Staubach

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Great leaders have a profound relationship with failure. Where others might stop, shrink back, or give up, those who achieve great success move forward, undaunted in the face of failure. Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll, left, talks to quarterback Russell Wilson. (Credit: AP Photo/Ben Margot) Last week, an avalanche of criticism fell on the […]

Leadership: Replace Your Bad Leadership Habits In 2015..Leaders Become Micromanagers & Bottlenecks Abound When This Habit Goes Totally Unchecked

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Contrary to popular belief, leadership isn’t always a natural born trait. It’s possible to learn leadership and to become increasingly skilled at leading others in both personal and professional capacities. The flip side of this is that if one is a natural born leader (i.e., they have the traits that are commonly associated with leaders […]

Leadership: My Picks For The Top 10 CHROs & Why It Matters…Today’s CHROs Don’t Gate Progress; Rather They are Often the Change Agent Fueling Growth & Development

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Before I get to my picks for the Top 10 CHROs, I want to give some background on why this list is important, and how you should use it to shape your enterprise moving forward. While every member of the executive team plays a critical role in successful organizations, aside from the CEO, a strong […]

Strategy: 3 Things Anyone can Learn about Damage Control From the Brian Williams Debacle…I Rarely see Advice that Will Help People Who have Been Caught in a Temporary/Permanent Reputation Failure, Indiscretion, or Outright Lie

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I travel a lot, and that means I spend time in airport bookstores.  At these shops, a big percentage of the selling floor is occupied by racks of self-improvement books with clever, compelling titles and handsome book jackets. It’s a lucrative phenomenon in the publishing industry — a universe unto itself. We’re actually drowning in […]

Leadership: Cubicles Are the Root of So Many Problems at Your Company…That’s Why it’s Important for Leadership to Have ‘Big Ears’ & Be in a Constant Listening Mode to Keep a Pulse on Our Workforce

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Employees remain extremely unsatisfied with their careers, which impacts their performance and productivity. A January Gallup poll reported that only 31.5% of workers in the U.S. were engaged in their jobs in 2014, a slight increase from 29.6% in 2013. A majority of employees (51%) were still “not engaged,” and 17.5% were “actively disengaged” in […]