Tag Archives: leadership
Leadership Survey Results
We recently sent out a survey soliciting input on what individuals believed were the order of priority for 5 critical leadership qualities. The qualities, from NYT article Distilling the Wisdom of CEO’s, are “Passionate curiosity”, “Battle hardened confidence”, “A simple … Continue reading
The three sights of leadership
Stan knew that morale in the company was sinking. A key customer had just left, the market was beginning to adopt new technology, and he was spending most of his time working on financial projections, and barely any time communicating … Continue reading
Is future born from past?
We like to say that those who don’t pay attention to the past are doomed to repeat it. My experience tells me that the past does not predict the future – the present does. However, when we long for, dwell … Continue reading
Leading from the front
In a series of experiments, researchers at Leeds University found successful leaders placed themselves at the edge of a crowd rather than in the middle. Biologist Jolyon Faria said: “The most effective leaders remained on the edges of the group … Continue reading
On being nobody
Our market economy, consumer mentality and networked apetite has led us to believe that we are only as good as the objects and connections we are able to collect about us. Our value, we believe, is measured directly by our assets and by our “friends” in … Continue reading
Leadership and social media
The power of Twitter and Facebook are not only in technology; their power is in biology and psychology. We are pack animals by biology. We are individual thinkers/choice makers by psychology. My children are an example. They regularly vacillate between … Continue reading
Corporations are NOT a democracy
A senior VP in an organization asked me if I would coach one of his Directors. The Director has spent five years in her position and now is being offered coaching as a way to improve her leadership skills. In … Continue reading
Leading into the storm
Jeremy has a new boss. The last boss was methodical, this one is erratic; the last boss was customer focused, this one is driven to score internal political points; the last one was rational, this one is hysterical; the last … Continue reading
Removing wood from the fire of anger
ANGER is rampant in the corporate corridors. Why? Because people experience a gulf of difference between their expectations of how things should be and their experience of how things actually are. While the gulf is common, leaders should take the uncommon … Continue reading
The Curse of Certainty
As children we take in the world with open eyes and wonderment. Our appetite for learning is voracious. Picture a year old toddler crawling about, examining everything with his hands and mouth. We are born with a capacity, no, a survival … Continue reading