Rick Smith

In July, I joined two former Fortune 500 CEOs to launch a new business – training CEO succession candidates for the world’s most significant companies, utilizing dozens of current and former CEOs as faculty.  The launch has had its share of ups and downs, changes in direction, and frustrations.  But ...

1) Your primary color. Your truest strengths and passions point to the activities where you will perform the best. 2) Your salary expectations – and what you specifically plan to do/ how you plan to grow to justify future increases 3) Your long term ambitions.  Get your boss invested in your big hairy goal. 4) That your ...

Recently, Seth Godin chimed in on the debate about the use of facebook and other social media tools at work: “You're competing against people in a state of flow, people who are truly committed, people who care deeply about the outcome. You can't merely wing it and expect to keep up ...

Shortly after H. Ross Perot had sold his company to General Motors and joined its board, he made the following infamous observation, “Where I come from, when we see a snake, we kill it. You guys form a committee to study the snake which then hires a snake consultant!” Organizations breed snakes. ...

For my last post, I talked about Procrasturbation, and how we all tend to trick ourselves into underestimating the consequences of putting off a task. This post sparked a direct response from Dr. Piers, whose new research I noted and I had the opportunity to chat with the good doctor ...

What do Paris Hilton and Twitter have in common? Runner Up Answers:  - The content stops at or before 140 characters. - You never feel fresh no matter how often you refresh. Correct Answer: - They are easy, but you are never really sure why you are doing it. OK, OK, begin your “you are a sexist pig” ...