It's ironic that the Baseball Writers Association of America named Joe Girardi the National League's 2006 Manager of the Year. Giardi was recently fired by the Florida Marlins despite managing a young, low-rated team into contention. It seems his problem wasn't performance but rather communication. Baseball reporters speculate the Marlins fired … [Read more...]
Check the Box
How many times do you complete a task that you don't believe in just so that you can tell your manager it's complete? Susan was asked by Jerry, her manager, to do a knowledge transfer to her geographically dispersed teammates about a recent internal meeting at HQ. The internal meeting had been the typical three day death by Powerpoint … [Read more...]