About Jeff Hayes


Jeff Hayes works with senior leaders navigating complexity, pressure, and change. His work focuses on helping leaders slow down, see patterns more clearly, and make sound decisions in uncertain conditions.

Managers: The Strength Finder

Posted by Jeff Hayes on March 7, 2011 in Archived


This post reflects earlier thinking and context. It’s preserved for reference but no longer represents the primary focus of AlignTech Solutions. This is the third article in our series entitled Managers: The Good…

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The strength finder is a reliable manager

Managers: The Arrogant Bastard

Posted by Jeff Hayes on February 21, 2011 in Archived


This post reflects earlier thinking and context. It’s preserved for reference but no longer represents the primary focus of AlignTech Solutions. This is the second article in our series entitled Managers: The Good…

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The arrogant bastard is to be avoided

Managers: The Innovator

Posted by Jeff Hayes on February 8, 2011 in Archived


This post reflects earlier thinking and context. It’s preserved for reference but no longer represents the primary focus of AlignTech Solutions. As promised in the introduction to this series of articles about…

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The innovator is sometimes a better leader than manager

Managers: The Good and the Bad

Posted by Jeff Hayes on January 13, 2011 in Archived


This post reflects earlier thinking and context. It’s preserved for reference but no longer represents the primary focus of AlignTech Solutions. Managers come in all shapes and sizes; they come in all…

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Good Managers Have a Few Things in Common

A Thanksgiving Story

Posted by Jeff Hayes on November 25, 2010 in Archived


This Story Took Place during Thanksgiving week in 1984. While finishing up my engineering degree at Marquette, I lived in the Ardmore Apartments on 16th Street in Milwaukee, just kitty cornered from…

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Harriet was the star of Thanksgiving in 1984

Of Oil Spills and Small Business

Posted by Jeff Hayes on June 25, 2010 in Archived


This post reflects earlier thinking and context. It’s preserved for reference but no longer represents the primary focus of AlignTech Solutions. Catastrophe, calamity, debacle, disaster — all words that can describe the…

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What happens to the earth's ecosystem when all marine life is snuffed out? What happen to a business that cannot quickly recover from a disaster?