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Professionalize Teaching ?—A Duke University Senior Speaks Out
‘We must become more professional’ is a mantra I regularly hear amongst both the for-profit and non-profit sectors. For instance, many have argued that management should have the same types of standardized professional requirements that law does. Whether you agree … Continue reading
Do We Need A Statue of Responsibility?
It was the renowned scholar Viktor Frankl (who wrote the amazing book Man’s Search For Meaning) that recommended that a Statue of Responsibility be erected on the west coast to compliment the Statue of Liberty on the east coast. Politicians … Continue reading
Take It Personally
Allow me to spread a bit of wisdom from Seth Godin: “Whenever you can, work with people who take it personally.” For those of you who have read The Power of Professionalism, you know why.
Breakthroughs Aren’t For The Faint of Heart
Robert Shiller, a Yale economist, is probably best known for having written Irrational Exuberance—the 2004 book that was prescient in foretelling the nation’s debilitating housing crisis. He attributes the approach he took in his book to advice his father had … Continue reading
Professionals Don’t Trash Their Competition
Business requires we compete. But most people intuitively sense that there’s a right way and a wrong way to compete. One of the wrong ways is ‘going negative’. This is something that professionals know only too well. Trashing your competition … Continue reading
It Gets Worse–Legalized Insider Trading Revealed In 60 Minutes Story
After writing The Power of Professionalism there are (literally) hundreds of illustrative stories about distrust that I could share with readers if I chose to. Almost always I chose not to share them—largely because people have become desensitized. There’s too … Continue reading
Where’s The Professionals When You Most Need Them?
Sad, but not surprising, news—Americans’ distrust of government is at its highest level ever. 89% say they distrust government to do the right thing. 84% believe the country is on the wrong track. We’re in uncharted waters here. A democracy … Continue reading
Whose Money Is It?
Paraphrasing the renowned economist Milton Friedman, “people become especially generous with other people’s money.” Politicians do it, business people do it too! From my point-of-view, professionals don’t play fast and loose with other people’s money – especially when they’re in … Continue reading
