Quote of the Week “The only authentic leadership requirement is that you not be blind to what others think of you and that you not act in blindness.” –Peter Koestenbaum, PhD
Learning to Learn as Leaders: interesting research on the role of podcast Recent research published in the Atlantic Monthly, quoting an article in iTimes – University and the Classroom: [...]
Quote of the Week If you want to truly understand something, try to change it. ~Kurt Lewin
Reflections from Marv Weisbord in an email today – the creator of the Future Search whole systems planning process, an elder in the organizational change community who shares his learned wisdom [...]
Quote of the Week “Management has a lot to do with answers. Leadership is a function of questions. And the first question for a leader always is: ‘Who do we intend to be?’ Not [...]
-A model of authenticity and greatness- A few days ago, Susan Boyle took the world by storm on Britain’s Got Talent TV show. An unknown, small town woman takes the stage to snickers and [...]
Quote of the Week “The only thing you take with you when you’re gone is what you leave behind.” -John Allston
Looking out my window in this stately British manor house in the outskirts of London this Monday morning has me reflecting on the long view … what endures over time … what legacies do we leave [...]
Quote of the Week “A leader’s role is to raise people’s aspirations for what they can become and to release their energies so they will try to get there.” –David R. Gergen
It’s a highly engaging film with great images, music and all the elements of a good story where street kids prevail against amazing odds, boy gets girl, brother gone to the dark side to survive [...]
With revenues down, industries in crisis, consumers buying less and wanting different, job losses and the mortgage crisis there is much to be concerned about. The question is: how do we relate [...]
Difficult Conversations How to Discuss What Matters Most By Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen Reviewed by Claire Meany We’ve all been there: We know we must confront a coworker, [...]
Quote of the Week “We are what we repeatedly do.” Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.” –Aristotle
From Hippos to Gazelles How Leaders Create Leaders By Philip Goodwin and Tony Page Reviewed by Claire Meany Insightful’, ‘encouraging’ and ‘thought-provoking’ – that’s what people thought of [...]
As a leader how are you thinking about the global trends affecting your business? Take a few minutes to see some of these trends… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpEnFwiqdx8] After [...]
The following is excerpted from an email I received from Peter Koestenbaum – a leadership philosopher and prolific writer – it’s related to our Dilemmas thread… CENTRAL ATTRIBUTE OF A LEADERSHIP [...]
Quote of the Week “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” —John Quincy Adams
I’d like to begin a thread on dilemmas … those ever present realities of organizational life that create tensions in our day to day existence. Consider the following: Delivering [...]
Reflections on the US Economy – doing what’s right for the business and what’s right for our people
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At a party the other night I was discussing the current economic downturn with a friend who is a business school economics professor. He had an interesting provocative view that I’d like to [...]
Barack Obama has mobilized a new generation of voters through a message of change and hope. At the same time we’re in a time of great change in our country and world much of which is [...]
