“Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.” - Jack Kerouac

I wrote something about the Not To Do list months back.  Its good that this advice is amplified and corroborated in a Business Week Article.

Are You Losing Control of Your Business?

Networks and resources for startups abound, but small companies managing expansion need help, too. No. 1 on your to-do list? Make a “stop doing” list

Maybe sometimes our business plans gets derailed because our employees are not ready for it.

Just saw a blog that recommended this book.  It looks interesting, and I will try to get a copy.  So far, I agree with waht it puts in the review….

Amazon.com: The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t: Robert I. Sutton: Books

This meticulously researched book, which grew from a much buzzed-about article in the Harvard Business Review, puts into plain language an undeniable fact: the modern workplace is beset with assholes.

 Sutton (Weird Ideas that Work), a professor of management science at Stanford University, argues that assholes—those who deliberately make co-workers feel bad about themselves and who focus their aggression on the less powerful—poison the work environment, decrease productivity, induce qualified employees to quit and therefore are detrimental to businesses, regardless of their individual effectiveness. He also makes the solution plain: they have to go. Direct and punchy, Sutton uses accessible language and a bevy of examples to make his case, providing tests to determine if you are an asshole (and if so, advice for how to self-correct), a how-to guide to surviving environments where assholes freely roam and a carefully calibrated measure, the “Total Cost of Assholes,” by which corporations can assess the damage. Although occasionally campy and glib, Sutton’s work is sure to generate discussions at watercoolers around the country and deserves influence in corporate hiring and firing strategies.