Bill Holmes
Rules, Rules, Rules
“Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind.” Douglas MacArthur “In individuals, insanity is rare;...
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Bill Holmes
- Aug 14, 2019
- 4 min
Management Lessons from Movies, Chapter 7: Resident Evil
“You’re all going to die down here!” Red Queen “I'm not sure I want to remember what went on down here.” Alice Resident Evil is a 2002...
Bill Holmes
- Aug 2, 2019
- 3 min
Management Lessons from Movies, Chapter 6: Independence Day
“I picked a hell of a day to quit drinkin’.” Russel Casse “It's a fine line between standing behind a principle and hiding behind one....
Bill Holmes
- Jul 5, 2019
- 4 min
Management Lessons from Movies, Chapter 4: Prometheus
“Big things have small beginnings.” David “A king has his reign, and then he dies. It's inevitable.” Meredith Vickers The 2012 movie...
Bill Holmes
- Jun 19, 2019
- 4 min
Management Lessons from Movies, Chapter 4: Aliens
“These people are here to protect you. They're soldiers.” Ellen Ripley “It won't make any difference.” Newt “Did IQs just drop sharply...
Bill Holmes
- Jun 4, 2019
- 3 min
Management Lessons from Movies, Chapter 2: Mule
“I never lie to any man because I don’t fear anyone. The only time you lie is when you are afraid” John Gotti “Nothing personal, it’s...
Bill Holmes
- Apr 11, 2019
- 2 min
Project Communications Part 10 – The RACI Chart, or the Responsibility Assignment Matrix
“Leaders must earn the trust of their teams, their organizations, and their stakeholders before attempting to engage their support.”...
Bill Holmes
- Feb 14, 2019
- 3 min
Project Communications Part 4 – What is an “artifact”?
“No permanence is ours; we are a wave that flows to fit whatever form it finds” Hermann Hesse “The search for something permanent is one...
Bill Holmes
- Oct 4, 2018
- 3 min
The 16 Executive Lessons I Learned Bagging Groceries
I really enjoyed writing this series of posts, and I could have easily continued cataloging my experiences for several more months. ...
Bill Holmes
- Sep 28, 2018
- 3 min
Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive Part 16
“Rooster today, feather duster tomorrow.” Russian proverb “The graveyards are full of indispensable men.” Uncredited Lesson 16. Look...
Bill Holmes
- Sep 21, 2018
- 4 min
Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive Part 15
“Common sense is not so common.” Voltaire “Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes...
Bill Holmes
- Aug 23, 2018
- 4 min
Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive Part 11
“Such can be the addiction of power. It can be an irrationally egoistic and absurdly frivolous passion that engulfs even sensible people....
Bill Holmes
- Aug 17, 2018
- 4 min
Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive Part 10
“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” Michael Jordan It is not the spoon that bends, it is only...
Bill Holmes
- Aug 9, 2018
- 5 min
Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive Part 9
“Plow horses are easy. Harness them, work them and feed them. Race horses by nature are high strung. They bite, kick and get hurt...
Bill Holmes
- Jul 13, 2018
- 4 min
Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive Part 5
“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .” C.S. Lewis,...
Bill Holmes
- Jul 7, 2018
- 5 min
Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive Part 4
“Your assets are your employees. Invest more on those performing well. Let the non performers go.” Manoj Arora, From the Rat Race to...
Bill Holmes
- Jun 9, 2018
- 5 min
Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive, Part 1
“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or...
Bill Holmes
- Feb 7, 2018
- 3 min
Let Go Of The Leash
"The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from...
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