Archive for October, 2009

Can You Deliver A Message In 150 Seconds?

The other day in route to a meeting I was listening to the first CD of a box set by the Platters. For those who are wondering who or what the Platters are, they are a singing group that was very popular during the 50 and 60’s. This was during the era of what was [...]

October 22, 2009   Posted in: Tim's Random Thoughts  No Comments

Welcome To My Blog

Welcome to my Blog. What I hope to accomplish with this blog is to share some of my thoughts, ideas, criticisms, complaints about the world of consulting. Some one I admire said: “There are too many blogs from too many people. Most are dull and self-aggrandizing.” I’m going to try not to fall into the [...]

October 13, 2009   Posted in: Tim's Random Thoughts  No Comments

When More Than Operational Skills Are Needed

In two posts I wrote about the elephants dancing over at Bank of America.  The recent upheavel over Ken Lewis announcing his retirement could have have been avoided with a process known as succession planning.  Well check out this recent NY Times Business article by Joe Nocera.

October 3, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Accountability, Leadership  No Comments

I Don’t Get It

There are some things I just don’t get. When the report came back that Chicago didn’t get the bid for the 2016 Olympic Games, people were actually celebrating that the president failed in his attempt to win it for his home town and the country. What was that all about?
Come on folks, its one thing [...]

October 3, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Things That Tick Me Off  No Comments

The Dance Has Become A Stampede At Bank of America

It looks like the elephants are about to stampede over at Bank of America.  It seems that of all the external candidates qualified to do the job come with baggage as reported in the NY Times article.  But this quote gets to the heart of the problem:
“Mr. Lewis, who intends to leave on Dec. 31, did [...]

October 2, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Leadership  No Comments

The Elephants Are Dancing At Bank of America

The elephants are dancing again, this time it’s over at Bank of America. Kenneth Lewis will be stepping down at the end of this year. The Wall Street Journal reports that BofA directors were ‘blindsided’ by his announcement, I’m not so sure about that, when he came back from a vacation in Aspen he came [...]

October 1, 2009   Posted in: Leadership  2 Comments