https://contentedcows.com/blog/item/10-they-ve-done-it-again-plamex-named-mexico-s-best-place-to-work Felicidades are in order for our good friends at Plamex, the Mexican division of headset maker Plantronics. For the 2nd year in a row, the company, which employs more than…
Category: Leadership
Buffett doesn’t invest in things he doesn’t understand. Neither will your workforce.
On Friday, CNBC’s Becky Quick reported that multibillionaire oracle and investor Warren Buffett did not have plans to invest in Facebook, which is set for an initial public stock offering…
Good Leaders Don’t Make Others Pay for their Mistakes
Last night a bunch of us attended the touring version of the Broadway musical “Les Miserables” at the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts here in Jacksonville. We planned an…
The Tough Side of Being a Leader
A core part of every leader’s duty, regardless of rank, is having the wisdom and courage to sever the relationship with someone whose performance or behavior either persistently or grossly…
To Whom Are You Among the Most Influential People in the World?
In our line of work, we deal with lots of lists. Fortune’s annual list of the 100 Best Places to Work; their Most Admired List; Glassdoor’s Best Places to Launch a Career, and…
Leaders and the “Little People”
As election season rolls around and campaigning for public office ramps up (does it ever leave?) most of us dust off the decision matrix by which we choose the candidates…
School Shooting Hits Close to Home
School shootings have, tragically, become an all-too-common part of the world in which we now find ourselves, for reasons that are too complex to speculate on here. Yesterday’s killing of…
Apologies Don’t Put the Worms Back in the Can, or the Words Back in Your Mouth
Ordinarily, we try to have a positive focus in this blog, encouraging leaders to adopt or maintain practices that will coax the very best effort from their teams. As opposed…
Contented Cows Redux
There is a new cow, ‘er book in the barn, and we want to tell you about it. But first, a little background. Fourteen years ago we published our first…