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“Weeding out the wankers” – Part 10 – The final post

This book can be purchased at: http://ijgbooks.com/weeding.html I’m going to wind things up on wankers today with a look at the final chapter: “Right but not successful” I’ve skipped a few chapters to get here so consider them homework. This … Continue reading

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“Weeding out the wankers” – Part 9

This book can be purchased at: http://ijgbooks.com/weeding.html Today lets take a look at Chapter 7: “Human Resources: Friend or Foe?” Lets start this post with a quote from page 95: “HR folks are decent, hard-working and well-meaning people, but without … Continue reading

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“Weeding out the wankers” – Part 8

This book can be purchased at: http://ijgbooks.com/weeding.html Today lets take a look at Chapter 7: “Commoditizing Leadership” This chapter is all about the infinite number of books that have been written by successful industry leaders with a solution to all … Continue reading

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“Weeding out the wankers” – Part 7

This book can be purchased at: http://ijgbooks.com/weeding.html Today lets take a look at Chapter 6 “If you are a butcher, everything is a piece of meat” The title for this chapter has to do with high tech leaders and their … Continue reading

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“Weeding out the wankers” – Part 6

This book can be purchased at: http://ijgbooks.com/weeding.html Today lets take a look at Chapter 5 “Lost in the translation” This chapter starts with a spoiler, “Strategy is critical.” Those three words are what the chapter is all about. Everyone, at … Continue reading

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“Weeding out the wankers” – Part 5

This book can be purchased at: http://ijgbooks.com/weeding.html Today lets take a look at Chapter 4 “Is the vehicle more important than the destination?” This chapter has a lot of material and I am just going to consider the part on … Continue reading

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“Weeding out the wankers” – Part 4

This book can be purchased at: http://ijgbooks.com/weeding.html Today lets take a look at Chapter 3 “Empathy and Sympathy – Know the difference”. This chapter is about a special kind of ineffective leader that I call “An empty suit”. You would … Continue reading

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“Weeding out the wankers” – Part 3

This book can be purchased at http://ijgbooks.com/weeding.html Today lets take a look at Chapter 2 “Average Leadership”. This chapter is about leadership and some of the strange things that companies do to develop their leaders. Lets start with a quote. … Continue reading

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“Weeding out the wankers” – Part 2

This book can be purchased at http://ijgbooks.com/weeding.html Today I would like to finish my comments on Chapter one “Painting the Titanic”. This chapter is about what to watch for with respect to ineffective management. As a founder at Newbridge I … Continue reading

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“Weeding out the wankers” – Part 1

When I was out visiting my brother in Vancouver this past summer he gave me a copy of a book written by the current CTO of Tellus, Ibrahim Gedeon. I finished the book yesterday and thought that it might be … Continue reading

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