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Bill Holmes

Oct 24, 20193 min read

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;...

Management Lessons from Movies, Chapter 7: Resident Evil

Bill Holmes

Aug 14, 20194 min read

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...

Management Lessons from Movies, Chapter 6: Independence Day

Bill Holmes

Aug 2, 20193 min read

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....

Management Lessons from Movies, Chapter 4: Prometheus

Bill Holmes

Jul 5, 20194 min read

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...

Management Lessons from Movies, Chapter 4: Aliens

Bill Holmes

Jun 19, 20194 min read

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...

Management Lessons from Movies, Chapter 2: Mule

Bill Holmes

Jun 4, 20193 min read

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...

Project Communications Part 10 – The RACI Chart, or the Responsibility Assignment Matrix

Bill Holmes

Apr 11, 20192 min read

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.”...

Project Communications Part 4 – What is an “artifact”?

Bill Holmes

Feb 14, 20193 min read

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...

The 16 Executive Lessons I Learned Bagging Groceries

Bill Holmes

Oct 4, 20183 min read

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. ...

Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive Part 16

Bill Holmes

Sep 28, 20183 min read

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...

Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive Part 15

Bill Holmes

Sep 21, 20184 min read

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...

Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive Part 11

Bill Holmes

Aug 23, 20184 min read

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....

Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive Part 10

Bill Holmes

Aug 17, 20184 min read

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...

Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive Part 9

Bill Holmes

Aug 9, 20185 min read

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...

Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive Part 5

Bill Holmes

Jul 13, 20184 min read

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,...

Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive Part 4

Bill Holmes

Jul 7, 20185 min read

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...

Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive, Part 1

Bill Holmes

Jun 9, 20185 min read

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, 20183 min read

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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