I’m going to Pump – You Up!
Finding Your Inner Courage is another Welchway gem from Business Week. This time, Jack and Suzy Welch focus on us - how do leaders motivate themselves? When times are bleak…
Don’t get bonked by your banker!
The NY Times recently published an interview with Bob Seiwert, a senior vice president for the Center for Commercial Lending and Business Banking at the American Bankers Association, a trade…
Ken Lewis, BofA CEO, speaks to Congress
You should read the transcript From Ken Lewis testimony before the Financial Services Committee of the US House of Representatives. It is a reasoned discussion of Bank of America's performance…
Jim Collins: How turbulence affects performance
Fortune magazine recently interviewed Jim Collins, whose popular book, Good to Great, took the business community by storm a few years ago. He talks about the current turbulence and some…
Bonus Banks – finally a longer term incentive
Business Week recently summarized a concept called a "bonus bank". In short, it is an incentive plan in which a significant portion of annual bonuses, perhaps 1/3, is set aside…