Posts tagged "promises"

Companies considering new owners would do well to ask: what promises have we made and will this break them?

The story of Theranos and its lies is indicative of a particular kind of 'puffery' that can be found in the startup world.

By underpaying his workers, George Calombaris broke a promise to his employees. And that broken promise led to the collapse of MAdE Entertainment.

When you look at broken promises and the resulting collateral damage, a lack of clarity about what was agreed always jumps out. 

Perhaps the path to fixing an organisation’s broken promise begins with acknowledgement by the promiser and forgiveness by the promisee.

The next time you’re making a promise deep dive into what you intend.

The bigger the promises, the more aspects of your business operations you will need to consider if you want to keep them, says Michel Hogan.

So you’ve found your purpose. Finished with the workshops, hand-wringing and arguments over words, you can now take a breath. Right? Wrong…

All the things on the list below, and the thousands of others I haven’t included, are things you need to work on if you want a robust, res…

There are many reasons as to why plans may go awry, however putting in the preparatory hard yards will go some way to ensuring positive mome…

I have a confession: I’m a podcast junkie. Podcasts are stimulating company when I’m driving or sitting on the train, and the ‘Waking Up…

Making promises is easy, but keeping them is hard. With best of intentions and a big dash of self-interest, the words are out almost before …