I remember looking up from my desk as the door to my office opened unexpectedly. The consultant crucial to one of my anchor client projects entered – pale and slightly jaundiced – and announced as calmly as he could, “I’m going to the hospital.” That evening he underwent emergency surgery. Thankfully, he went on to fully recover and return to work… weeks later. Refocusing on my business situation at that moment, my boat was a critical person down and sinking fast. How would you handle it? … [Read more...]
