by kmcdowell | Aug 11, 2022 | Article
The following is adapted from Begin With WE. Early in my career, I ran a department that was responsible for producing and disseminating a bevy of production reports. It was during this time that I learned two important things about operational reporting. First, the...
by kmcdowell | Jul 11, 2022 | Article
The following is adapted from Begin With WE. Imagine your boss is late to meetings on a regular basis—not all the time, but often enough to annoy. What message does that send? That his time is more important than yours? Or he was late because he was so busy doing...
by kmcdowell | Jun 1, 2022 | Article
The following is adapted from Begin With WE. If you have the courage to do the digging, gold can be mined from a mistake. Just ask the former CEO of Ford, Alan Mulally. When he was brought on as the CEO of Ford in 2006, Mulally was tasked with unifying Ford’s divided...