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  • How Kaleidoscopes Can Make Better Leaders How Kaleidoscopes Can Make Better Leaders

    How Kaleidoscopes Can Make Better Leaders

How Kaleidoscopes Can Make Better Leaders

These Lessons Found truly are inspired from expected and unexpected sources.  For example, my favorite kaleidoscope inspired this Lesson Found.

I love kaleidoscopes.  I even have one in my computer-bag and regularly take “kaleidoscope-breaks”.  While this may sound silly, my kaleidoscope-breaks benefit my productivity and results in three key ways: (more…)

  • Family Business Case Study: Contrasting Management Styles Family Business Case Study: Contrasting Management Styles

    Family Business Case Study: Contrasting Management Styles

Family Business Case Study: Contrasting Management Styles

Family businesses Forever 21 & Nordstrom offer a contrast in management styles.  Within this contrast is a Lesson Found for other family businesses.

Founded in 1984 by the Chang family, the fast-fashion innovator Forever 21 expanded rapidly in the early 2000s only to file for bankruptcy last month.  The cause of this change in fortunes can be traced to the Chang family’s management style. (more…)