Tomorrow I will see a close friend and former boss who taught me a lot about business. One of the things he taught me was that actions speak louder that words. Rule #1: Do something. People like to use the phrases ‘walk the walk’ and ‘leading by the example‘ but don’t provide any details on what it…
Archive | December, 2008
Centennial Post
This is my 100th post! I realize that it may seem a bit hypocritical for me to be celebrating a milestone based on an activity metric, rather than an outcome one. As I pointed out in a post trying to define the mission and objectives for this blog, the quality of the posts is much…
Dilbert on risk management
By Jonathan Becher on December 1, 2008 in alignment, comics, key performance indicators, performance management, risk, scorecard, strategy management
Even though I’ve spent a lot of time over the last year talking to clients about risk management, I haven’t covered the topic in this blog other than my post on Risk Friends and Key Risk Indicators. This is especially odd as I’ve come to believe strategy management and risk management are inextricably linked. I’ll expound…