I know! I love the title too.

One evening I reviewed an email from Bob Pritchet, founder of Logos Research Systems.   After picking my jaw up from the desk, I started to form my response.  In the short time of research I put into his name, I realized he was an author, and the book looked quit compelling.  Fire Someone Today is a book I will read every two years from now on.  It’s so insightful, and easily worth my cash.

Such clarity.  I certainly appreciate the fact that he is a successful business man, since many times authors are only able to tell you what should work.  He’s clearly not trying to use fancy lingo and impress the M.B.A. audience.  There wasn’t a single term that I wasn’t familiar with.

The concepts….beautiful!  My favorite is the quality,price,service triad.  What a wake up call.  A young punk like myself thinks he can prioritize all of these at the same time, but Bob’s point was clear:  draw a triangle with each of those at a point.  You can only go one direction.  Maybe that direction is smack dab between two (quality and price for Bixly), but it certainly can’t be for all three.  You would be spinning in circles.

What’s more, it validates a lot of other reading I have done.  I love objectivity.

Thanks so much Bob for an excellent read.

This entry was posted on Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 and is filed under don't know how I got on without knowing this, leadership.