That’s Blog, with a “g,” not Blob. I chuckle, then explain. Blog is short for Weblog, it’s like a daily journal, kept on the web for all to read. This innocuous writing form earned its journalistic stature in 2002 when Trent Lott was slated to become Senate Majority leader in January 2003. Most recently, bloggers were credited with the debunking of a Dan Rather report on 60 Minutes II about a letter related to the military service of President Bush. More on the origin of blogs.

So, what is ManagementBlog?

I spend most of my days with managers and owners in this great free enterprise system. We talk about the frustration, consternation and downright pig-headedness they experience as managers. We talk about business lives and personal lives. We talk about goals and objectives, measuring performance, in short, trying to get groups of people to work together as teams.

Sometimes we make great strides understanding this management stuff, other times it’s measured in very short inches. But in all of this conversation, there are things that we learn. ManagementBlog is that part of the conversation I can share. Often, I change the names to protect the guilty, but this is real life inside of real companies. -TF

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