The Notre Dame campus has an area which is called “The Grotto.” It’s deep in the heart of the campus. You walk down, towards the lake, descend to an overgrown landing we referred to as “The Grotto.” It’s an area of serenity where you can reestablish your composure in life. I remember that, from time [...]

From a management standpoint, there are certain traits and characteristics of an organization which absolutely drive me up a tree. One of those characteristics is the inability, reluctance, or unwillingness at any particular time for managers to pull the trigger with respect to decision making. As I was thinking about that, it also occurred to [...]

To the same extent that an entrepreneur has to maintain a sense of ambiguity, a CEO has to maintain an internal level of ambiguity, and absolute clarity of direction for everyone else around him. Ambiguity works for the CEO, but it does not work for the Management Team.