Mitch’s Blog

I’m not sure how many people have read the book Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. I thought it was a phenomenal book years ago when I read it, even though it’s one of the largest books on record as far as number of words, coming in around 645,000. I loved the story of [...]

Many years ago, I inserted myself into a situation that was clearly sexual harassment; unintentional, but sexual harassment nonetheless. Because I was a director at the time, I felt an obligation to do something about it, even if it was just to talk to both parties and encourage the director to make a big [...]

By now, everyone has heard about the incident in Philadelphia where 15 police officers pulled 3 black men from a building and started beating them without restriction. For once, it wasn’t just some guy standing on a corner filming it, but a news crew whose helicopter just happened to be flying overhead. At [...]

Many of us don’t think of it this way, but fear drives most of what we do in our careers. We get a job because we’re afraid we won’t be able to make it working on our own. We don’t take a lot of chances because we fair being rebuffed or making mistakes. [...]

I’m not the only one who’s ever asked this particular question, but it’s my first time doing it here: why do all those rappers look so mad?
Why? Because it helps them sell records, that’s why. Most of them really aren’t that mad at all; why should they be? Many of them [...]

By now, everyone knows that Microsoft has pulled its bid to purchase Yahoo totally off the table. At this point, Microsoft figures it will figure another way to make a dent into the online search market, hopefully finding a way to make its MSN Live search engine a real player in the market.
At this [...]

First, the latest TTM Consulting newsletter, Training Training Training, is available here. It was inspired by yesterday’s post on training, which makes sense.
I’ve been thinking about the Democratic primary process lately and wondering just what this type of thing seems to do to leadership. It seems that instead of the candidates being able [...]

As someone who gives seminars on leadership and management, I have come to my own conclusion that these are two separate things, though it would be great if both eventually end up being the same time. I’ve always said that managers may not be good leaders because many managers end up in the position [...]

First, the latest issue of the T. T. Mitchell Consulting Newsletter, Office Relationships, is now available.
On Sunday I met with the members of my very tiny mastermind group, and this time we added a fourth person to the mix. One of the things we usually go over is seeing where we are with our [...]

Sometimes it takes a hammer to make someone do the right thing, and unfortunately, if you ask me, that’s the wrong reason.
In this case, I’m talking about Walmart and its reversal of what was initially a bad decision in trying to take back money it paid for a woman’s health care. The quick detail [...]