Terry Dockery
Get Rich or Die Trying?
First, a tip of the hat to 50 Cent for borrowing his catchy album and movie title. Seems like everyone wants to be rich, but rich people...
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Terry Dockery
Aug 3, 20212 min read
Cooperation Beats Competition
Business leaders know that competition among employees can increase individual performance in their businesses. Jack Welch was famous for...
Terry Dockery
Jun 3, 20213 min read
Is It Really a Brave New (Virtual) World?
Pssst--can we talk? I've got mixed feelings about returning to "reality." I mean, is it really all it's cracked up to be? I've had some...
Terry Dockery
Apr 30, 20213 min read
The Top 6 Qualities of A Players
A business populated with A Players (top 10% performers) will crush a competitor populated with B Players (top 20% performers) or C...
Terry Dockery
Sep 29, 20203 min read
Shaming as a Management Technique
Recently I learned more about "shaming." i.e., criticizing someone about who they are, what they want, or how they feel. I began...
Terry Dockery
Jan 30, 20202 min read
FIXING A TOXIC WORKPLACE
A toxic workplace is just what it sounds like--unhealthy for humans. It’s a place where caring about others and fairness are not core...
Terry Dockery
Aug 19, 20192 min read
CYBER SECURITY: 5 MUST DO'S
Technology isn't my strong suit by a long shot, but I know a guy... You can't read the news today without a story of who's been hacked...
Terry Dockery
May 21, 20191 min read
BOOK: LEADERSHIP, HAPPINESS & PROFIT
Based on my 207 decades in business (OK, just 3), I literally wrote the book on leadership, happiness and profit. It is a fun and elegant...
Terry Dockery
May 14, 20192 min read
DELEGATE OR DIE
Okay, so all leaders initially suffer from Founder's Disease. Whether you own your own business or you work in someone else's, you're...
Terry Dockery
Apr 16, 20193 min read
BULLETIN: ATLANTA FALCONS RECRUIT CHEAP PLAYERS
No, this is not a real bulletin (sorry Mr. Blank), but imagine if it were. If we assume that the main goals of the Atlanta Falcons are:...
Terry Dockery
Mar 12, 20192 min read
WISE TO BE YOUR SPOUSE'S BOSS?
Mixing love and money is mighty tricky (please feel free to quote me on this, as long as you leave "mighty" in). There are a thousand...
Terry Dockery
Mar 5, 20192 min read
THE TWO COMPONENTS OF HIGH PERFORMANCE
Maps are great. Think about it, if you don’t have a map you can spend a lot of time just wandering aimlessly from place to place trying...
Terry Dockery
Feb 1, 20193 min read
WHEN DOES COACHING HELP?
If you’re a betting person, then here’s a good bet with great odds: bet that people stay the same more than they change. Most people have...
Terry Dockery
Jan 2, 20193 min read
TOURIST SEASON AT THE YMCA
Our family has belonged to the YMCA down the road since it opened many years ago. I served on the board for a few years, two of our...
Terry Dockery
Oct 31, 20182 min read
WISE TO BE YOUR SPOUSE'S BOSS?
Mixing love and money is mighty tricky (please feel free to quote me on this, as long as you leave "mighty" in). There are a thousand...
Terry Dockery
Jun 3, 20182 min read
THEORY X AND THEORY Y ARE BOTH RIGHT
I don't hear as much talk about Douglas McGregor's Theory X & Theory Y these days. That's a shame because it's a very helpful model for...
Terry Dockery
Mar 5, 20182 min read
IS YOUR WORLD FAIR?
So I'm sitting in class during graduate school, and one of the worst professors we've ever had makes one more arbitrary, disorganized,...
Terry Dockery
Feb 5, 20182 min read
HOW IMPORTANT IS DOING WHAT YOU SAY YOU'LL DO?
My colleague and I were talking recently about how often business leaders that we know don't do what they say they'll do. It could be...
Terry Dockery
Sep 3, 20173 min read
THE A-PLAYER COMPENSATION PLAN
Anytime I hear a CEO say, "My employees are lazy and they don't care about the company," or "Nobody wants to work anymore," it's a red...
Terry Dockery
Jul 2, 20173 min read
BULLETIN: ATLANTA FALCONS RECRUIT CHEAP PLAYERS
No, this is not a real bulletin (sorry Mr. Blank), but imagine if it were. If we assume that the main goals of the Atlanta Falcons are:...
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