Does coaching work? Yes. Good coaches provide a truly important service. They tell you the truth when no one else will.

Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs.

What is a budget review? A personal review with numbers

When it's time to let someone go, do it right. No surprises. No humiliation.

Management is all about managing in the short term, while developing the plans for the long term.

A company has only so much money and managerial time. Winning leaders invest where the payback is the highest. They cut their losses everywhere else.

Take the middle 70 percent and tell them what they need to do to get into the top 20 percent.