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Sam Decker Blog
Jun 7, 20041 min read
3 Quotes for June
“You are searching for the magic key that will unlock the door to the source of power; and yet you have the key in your own hands, and...

Jun 6, 20042 min read
Dando’s Top 10 Watch List for Growing Companies
I’ve never been a huge fan of consultants, but I objectively appreciate Kirk’s approach to consulting (or ‘coaching’). See...


Jun 4, 20042 min read
Basketball Management
Several years ago Guy Kawaski and I were playing basketball and discussing the similarities of good basketball and good business. Tonight...
Jun 2, 20041 min read
8 Practices of an Effective Executive
Yesterday I got my Zinio version of the June Harvard Business Review. [btw, Zinio is pretty cool offline magazine subscription reader]....
May 23, 20041 min read
Return on Churn
I’m often amazed at how much work is done that doesn’t really move ‘the ball forward.’ I call this ‘churn’. Churn feels like spinning...
May 20, 20042 min read
Greyhound Goals
It’s important to set goals – business goals, professional goals, personal goals, financial goals, employee goals, etc. Ever hear of...
May 20, 20041 min read
Lessons from the Trenches: Hiring
The other night I attended a Texchange, an Austin entrepreneur’s exchange. The topic was “Entrepreneurs Lessons from the Trenches”. It...
May 17, 20041 min read
Critical Training
Today I heard someone say ‘critical training’ was required for our managers to do something the right way. I totally agree training can...
May 12, 20043 min read
12 Ideas to Sell Ideas
In the June issue of Fast Company Seth Godin points out the keys and challenges to bringing remarkable products to life… Guess what?...

May 10, 20041 min read
The Workback Waterfall
Recently I gave a presentation to an industry group called “How to Build a Marketing Machine” . In that presentation, I showed a simple...
Apr 24, 20042 min read
Execution Principles
Execution by Larry Bossidy is a great book. These three paragraphs from the book summarize it pretty well: Here is the fundamental...
Apr 24, 20041 min read
Cliche Man
I was going through my corporate notebook today. It’s a hard-covered ledger where I take my notes from meeting to meeting. In the back I...
Apr 23, 20041 min read
Customer-Centric Velcro
It’s hard to come by leaders who have a cognitive filter on everything they say and do which keeps the customer top-of-mind. I call this...

Apr 23, 20041 min read
5 Dysfunctions of a Team
I highly recommend the book "The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team" by Patrick Lencioni. It’s easy to ready, easy to remember, and most...
Mar 22, 20042 min read
Be a Servant Leader
One of the best managers I’ve had once said, “I work for you”. That’s it. That, I believe in its simple form, is the paradigm of an...
Mar 22, 20041 min read
Decker’s Law of Mission Statements
The less time you have to spend ‘crafting’ the mission statement, the more likely it is to be real to the true character of the...
Jan 17, 20041 min read
Getting the Right Ideas
Great ideas are like helium…they float from the bottom, rather than fall from the top. Great companies are built on great people with...
Jan 8, 20041 min read
Tracking Accomplishments
Many of my employees forget their accomplishments. It’s sometimes difficult to know what to ‘track’ as a project or to log as a history...
Jan 8, 20041 min read
Be Direct
Be Direct. This is Dell’s old tagline that I’ll now borrow as it relates to working relationships. What it means: You and I get to the...
Nov 30, 20031 min read
If you leave with one thing…
The one page rule reminded me of something related to presentations… It is said most people remember only 10% of what is presented to...
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