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Toyota: Sorry Seems to Be the Easiest Word
Akio Toyoda, President of Toyota Motor Corporation, has apologized for his company’s debacle surrounding design flaws with various car models. Should we praise someone who does what he or she is ethically required to do?...
Davos: Recovery, Uncertainty and Governance
My initial impressions of Davos 2010 was that the three dominant themes were recovery, uncertainty and governance. The early focus was on the speed and pace of recovery; the uncertainties of when to end the fiscal stimulus packages, the ongoing trade imbalances and the threat of currency revaluations combined with...
I’m writing this blog as I come back down from Davos 2010: literally, in terms of the journey back down the mountain to Zurich; metaphorically, in terms of coming down from the high and inevitable buzz one gets from this unique event....
Davos: Business Leaders Focus on 5 Sustainability Themes
As I write from the World Economic Forum, having attended an event with some of the UN leadership and CEOs from various sectors, I’m further reminded of the growing prominence of sustainability issues in both core business strategy and mainstream geo-politics. This was was barely thinkable even five years ago....
Global Problem Solving? Stephen Harper Defends the Status Quo
Although Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s speech on Thursday in Davos was received well, many of the delegates that I spoke with told me they thought Harper’s vision was too blinkered....
Davos: Climate Change, Transport and Logistics – The Road Ahead
It is clear that even despite the challenging outcome of Copenhagen, climate change is still very much front and center at Davos as global/political, civil society, and business leaders contemplate the road to Mexico and beyond. ...
Ed Batista: Executive Coaching & Change Management
In my capacity as a Leadership Coach at Stanford's Graduate School of Business, I work regularly with groups of MBA students whose purpose is to help the members learn, become more self-aware (and more aware of others), and change their......
My father-in-law, Rich Wright, was diagnosed with cancer last November, shortly before my last post here, and he passed away one month ago, on February 5th. Over the past three months, I've had neither the time nor the inclination to......
David Rock on Neuroscience, Coaching and Leadership
My interest in neuroscience and its implications for executive coaching, leadership development and other processes that involve behavioral change led me to a talk by David Rock at Oracle last week, sponsored by the South Bay Organizational Development Network (SBODN).......
James Baldwin on the Ugly Side of Life
The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side. - James Baldwin My colleague Trina Roach tweeted this quote the other day, and it caught my attention. (And I'm not alone--a......
The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness
My interest in neuroscience and its implications for executive coaching, personal development and professional effectiveness led me to have lunch recently with Alvaro Fernandez, co-founder and CEO of SharpBrains, a market research firm that focuses on the application of neuroscience......
Is it OK to cry at work? Bret Simmons had a great post yesterday on crying in the office which prompted some further reflection. I've had many clients, students and colleagues cry with me in my work as an executive......
Lead on Purpose
In many careers, applause and acknowledgment are awarded soon after success happens. CEOs are praised for their vision. Top salespeople are rewarded with high commissions. Innovative engineers are recognized for their inventions. The rewards for applied skill and hard work come quickly after the work is complete. Then there’s product management… — The...
How do you effectively develop trust in your organization? Trust is built over time as you follow through with the promises you make. Your credibility — the quality or power of inspiring belief — grows in much the same way. The principles of trust and credibility are tightly linked and build...
Everyone wants to succeed, but where does success start? We all have a deep desire to move forward and see our dream become reality, but how do we make it happen? The venerable “Dean of Personal Development,” Earl Nightingale, put it in these terms: “Success can be defined as the progressive realization...
This evening I had the opportunity to listen to a speaker who had just returned from a humanitarian service trip to Haiti. He told amazing stories about the trip, including heart-wrenching accounts of the devastation caused by the recent earthquake. He spoke about the director who organized the trip and...
Leaders at successful companies focus significant time and resources to hire the right people. The money and effort they spend pays big dividends as the company progresses and matures. The companies that excel at hiring the right people seem to take this one step further: at all levels the leaders...
“How we go about doing the things we choose to do or are called upon to do is what makes a leader the right leader.” In his book The Right Leader: Selecting Executives Who Fit, author Nat Stoddard (with help from Claire Wyckoff) investigates the complex topic of assuring smooth executive transitions, with...
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I know nothing about music and somewhat less about indie music, but I do listen to Sirius XM U fairly regularly and I do know what I like when I hear it and I do like Yeasayer, which means little more than that. This said, I say to you now,...
“Experiments rarely tell us what we expect. That’s the dirty secret of science.” — Kevin Dunbar, Director of the Laboratory for Complex Thinking and Reasoning, University of Toronto Scarborough...
I just loaded Wordpress on my Blackberry and am eager to gauge the ease of use. It seems like finding time to write is becoming more and more difficult. I hope this helps....
v. To triumph over obstacles by acting with unfounded optimism. Taking Barack Obama’s “Yes we can!” mantra as inspiration, this Japanese neologism has become a popular term of encouragement in tweets and blogs, often for friends suffering....
n. The first nano-scale laser, so called because light is produced using surface plasmons instead of photons. Small enough to fit on a computer chip, spasers could pave the way for optical computers with processing speeds of up to 100 terahertz. Source: Wired...
I stumbled upon Creative Copy Challenge about a week ago and I’m already addicted. Check it out! It is a creative community project. More About Creative Copy Challenge...
Management Craft
Best of Inspiration from Exec Women in Govt Conference
I had the pleasure and privilege of speaking at the Executive Women in Government conference yesterday. There were about eight speakers - all powerful and inspiring leaders - and their messages seem to come together in a wonderful call to......
Relevancy -> Vibrancy -> Legacy
I am putting the finishing touches on a presentation for next week that is about how we can leave our legacy in today's crazy work world. It strikes me that there are three levels of contribution. Relevancy - you keep......
How our Actions Ripple and Spread - An Opportunity to Catalyze
I love this post from pal Lisa over at the Bloom blog called Ripple Effect. It is a stunning story that every manager should read. When we show care and appreciation, when we acknowledge others and make them feel special,......
Do you talk beyond the point of contribution?
I was facilitating a training class this week and asked participants one thing they loved and hated about meetings. Meetings are SOOOO expensive and it is important that every meeting should help move things forward with top velocity. One participant......
High Impact Middle #Management - Again!
I got an email from my publisher that the new edition of my book about high impact middle management is available (they just did an email blast you can see it here). The new version has a slightly tweaked title:......
Interesting #Management Posts to Kick Off Your Week
I am way overdue to give out a little link love. Here's what I do: I scan the posts in my aggregator and bookmark those that I think are super-cool and worthy of sharing. Then I go do other things......
Leadership Expert
Leader Of The Week – Lauren Smith
This is just a short post to share a proud shout-out for Leadership Expert’s leader of the week – Lauren Smith, nominated by a fellow collegue in her workplace. Lauren Smith, an auditor for a large professional services firm, has demonstrated effective teaming while working with me this week, and so...
Welcome to the second article in a teamwork series at Leadership-Expert.co.uk. Within this series, we aim to bring you up-to-date theory on the fundementals and advanced techniques relating to teamwork in the modern organisation. 2. How Can I Build a Powerful Team? Having good team players is key to great teams. No...
The Great Importance Of Teamwork In Organisations
Welcome to the first article in a teamwork series at Leadership-Expert.co.uk. Within this series, we aim to bring you up-to-date theory on the fundementals and advanced techniques relating to teamwork in the modern organisation. 1. Why Is Teamwork Important? We do not operate independently in the workplace. We need to socialize and...
“The Awakening” – Personal Development Essay
I thought I’d share with you today a famous essay written by an unknown author, which has been featured in many personal development books, but through the power of the internet, I can share with you today. The Awakening “A time comes in your life when you finally get…when, in the midst...
How To Avoid Information Overload – Case Study
Information overload respresents one of the greatest threats to a CEO’s productivity. The purpose of having a single, commanding ‘leader’ such as a managing director or CEO is to ensure that one mind has the ‘big picture’ of the company or project is sound. If the same leader becomes bogged...
Stock Option Trading – Escaping Volatility In Modern Equity Markets.
I believe that managers should always be financially aware, and not ignorant of the economy and financial markets. I hope this post will serve as a simple introduction to stock options trading, to help raise that ‘general’ finance knowledge that all leaders should be armed with. Stock option trading in ‘Put’...
Philanthropy Journal - Management/Leadership Articles
Investing approaches for endowments
In the wake of the economic meltdown, investment committees at endowments and foundations are reconsidering how they make decisions. read more...
Planning ahead for technology upgrades and replacements can save time, money and frustration, says this article from TechSoup.read more...
Growing board engagement: Part III - Decision-making
This final article in a three-part series on board engagement focuses on how to structure the decision-making process at board meetings.read more...
Growing board engagement: Part II - Meetings
The second article in this three-part series on board engagement focuses on the format and content of board meetings.read more...
Ideas that work: Commitment to change
Change is inevitable. The key to creating positive change is involving, communicating with, and training staff. read more...
Diversity within family foundations critical
A new guide from the Council on Foundations provides 10 ways family foundations can make their efforts more effective through diversity and inclusiveness.read more...
Management Skills Blog
This concludes our conversation with Jaynie Smith, author of Creating Competitive Advantage. Tom: As we move from the recession to recovery, and as we attempt to acquire new customers, gain market share, where do customer and client disconnects occur? Jaynie: Again, our research shows that 90% of companies have no internal...
This continues my conversation with Jaynie Smith, author of Creating Competitive Advantage. Tom: Can you talk about the necessity of integrating marketing elements with operational reality to drive new ideas into existing and emerging customer segments? Jaynie: Our research shows that 95% of companies are not focused on the things that matter most...
Managing Time, Managing Yourself
Next Monday, we kick off our next Subject Area in Working Leadership Online, Managing Time, Managing Yourself.. Based on David Allen's Getting Things Done, we will explore ten Time Management Disciplines. You select the one or two that work the best for you. Working Leadership Online...
This continues my conversation with Jaynie Smith, author of Creating Competitive Advantage. Tom: As companies expand their product and service offerings to fill holes in the market, created by retreating competitors, or even retreating suppliers, what should companies consider now to update their expanded strategies? Jaynie: A company should focus its resource allocation,...
This continues my conversation with Jaynie Smith, author of Creating Competitive Advantage. Tom: In an attempt to scratch out precious points in market share, which will multiply during the recovery, what changes should companies design into their marketing strategies? Jaynie: Companies should delete the “blah, blah, blah” cliched messages of yesterday and substitute...
If you think we are at the bottom of this recession and can breathe a sigh of relief, think again. Year over year, we may see improvement in sales volume, but even as your revenue builds, there is still whiplash in this market. So, I spent some time...
SmartBrief on Leadership
Rudy Giuliani: Compromise isn't a dirty word
Compromise shouldn't get such a bad rep, says former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani -- after all, real leadership is about know -More- ...
Military deal could help Wing Zone soar
Wing Zone, an Atlanta-based chicken wing fast-casual restaurant franchise, is poised to go international and has secured a de -More- ...
Most executives don't understand innovation
Business leaders are good at paying lip-service to the importance of innovation, but most don't actually know what they're ta -More- Study: Outsourcing is In The ASMC Foundation's 2008 study, "Outsourcing is In" takes a closer look at the sales outsourcing done by leading CPG companies, and reports that the benefits are not...
Chile quake shifts Earth's axis
Last weekend's huge earthquake in Chile appears to have moved Earth's figure axis about 3 inches, speeding its spin and causi -More- Sales Director Triad Digital Media...
Cash-rich and looking to spend
The recession led jittery U.S. -More- ...
"The Little Big Things," by Tom Peters
Veteran leadership guru Tom Peters' new book is a Twitter-age management tract served up in 163 bite-size chapters. -More- ...
Ed Gerety's Dream Big Blog
Have the roots of your spirituality grown deeper? Are your relationships stronger? Have you branched out and tried new things? Do you have big goals and dreams that reach the sky?Where are you growing? is a post from: Copyright 2009 Ed Gerety's Dream Big Blog...
I meet Rosamund Stone Zander, the author of The Art of Possibility, on a flight to Phoenix. Imagine if I had not said hello, what an opportunity to meet someone interesting I would have missed out on.Who is Sitting Next to You? is a post from: Copyright 2009 Ed Gerety's...
Keeping on when the road is hard and life throws the worst at you is hard but perseverance and attitude can help you weather the storm.Perseverance is a post from: Copyright 2009 Ed Gerety's Dream Big Blog...
I wanted to share with you one of the messages that I deliver in my keynote speeches and in my leadership trainings to schools and organizations across North America.Play big…lead by example is a post from: Copyright 2009 Ed Gerety's Dream Big Blog...
Ed Gerety recounts a story on a simple act of kindness. We can perform acts of kindness each and every day, they are simple to do if we make the opportunity to do so.The Art of Kindness is a post from: Copyright 2009 Ed Gerety's Dream Big Blog...
Management Excellence
Growing Up Globally Aware in America-A Key to Your Children’s Future Success
As if parenting isn’t challenging enough for most of us, there’s another task to add to a list that doesn’t seem to lack for things to do. This one may require foregoing a few soccer games, conducting some more of those “talks” and putting the effort forth to create new...
The best leaders that I know are driven by an internal belief and desire to create something good and significant through their leadership efforts. They are egotistical enough to understand that they want to pursue greatness in some terms, and they are humble enough to know that none of this...
March Leadership Development Carnival at Great Leadership
I'm still chuckling over Dan McCarthy's creativity with his Special Academy Awards Edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! In addition to great content from so many Red Carpet bloggers, Dan has me doing the opening musical and dance number. He clearly forgot to consult with my wife who...
Friday Leadership Highs and Lows
Leadership highlights and observations from the past week, including, "Where have all the humble leaders gone?" and one highly paid athlete's belief that "Chicago" is responsible for his abysmal performance last season....
Beware Contracting “I’m Right, You’re Wrong” Disease?
It’s time to add another malady to the long list of things that bedevil the many lousy leaders walking unencumbered through our workplaces. It’s called, “I’m Right and You’re Wrong” (IRYW) disease, and while it’s not fatal, it’s clearly annoying to people and debilitating to performance....
Leadership Caffeine-Learning to Lead in the Project-Focused World
The rise of “the project” as an important means of competing and creating value has profound implications for those in leadership roles. Unfortunately, in many cases, the evolution in leadership practices has not kept pace with the needs of project teams or the needs of organizations struggling to develop...
DrivenLeaders.com
Great Leaders Ask Great Questions
Book Review: Just Ask Leadership “The leader of the past was a person who knew how to tell. The leader of the future will be a person who knows how to ask.” – Peter Drucker This month I had a chance to catch up on some reading, specifically a new book by Gary...
How to Deliver Bad News to a Group
Delivering bad news to a group is never an enjoyable experience for any leader. Yet unfortunately in today’s environment, it’s a task that falls on our shoulders all too often. While established techniques for delivering bad news exist, it’s often difficult to find training on disseminating negative information in the group...
Turning Ideas into Profits: A New Tool for Entrepreneurs
At one point or another we’ve all had that million dollar idea for a radical new product that fits some unmet need. Yet no matter how good the concept, more often than not, busy schedules, lack of funds, or just plain apathy for the process, result in us taking no...
“I am your servant. I do not come to you as a leader, as one above others.” When you read these words did the person who uttered them come to mind? Admittedly, the world is adrift in leadership quotations. But what makes these words special is that they were said by...
Preparing Your Organization for Gen-Y
Generation Y is of the age to enter the workplace and the workplace is in need of them. But are you ready for them? Thanks to Richard Bottner of Intern Bridge, Inc, another development opportunity is in the works that attempts to close this learning gap. Set for October 26th - 30th 2009, Intern...
Would You Change Your Personality to Advance Your Career?
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been on the road quite a bit and with each flight I find some needed time to catch up on industry journals, books, and whatever I can get my hands on. My last trip to Chicago proved to be just such an occasion, yet...
Mavericks at Work Blog
A Message from Bill: Where to Find Me in 2010
Mavericks at Work was launched in October 2006—shockingly, at least for us, more than three years ago now. The book’s acceptance and impact continues to amaze and delight both Polly and me. It’s been translated into all sorts of languages all across the world, we continue to share our key...
Is “Too Big to Fail” The Same as Too Big to Succeed?
Over on my Practically Radical blog, I report on my recent conversation with Jack Welch, in front of a conference of several thousand bankers in Boston, and consider the question of whether size in and of itself is a strategy. Check it out here–it was a fun discussion....
A Savvy Deal, from A(mazon) to Z(appos)
Over at Practically Radical, I offer my thoughts on the recent news that Jeff Bezos and Amazon are going to buy Zappos.com, the remarkable company created by Tony Hsieh. Here’s hoping Jeff and Tony can become the “power couple” that revolutionizes customer service in America–and the world! You can read the...
The 10 Questions Every Change Agent Must Answer
As leaders, we have no control over how fast markets grow or how wisely banks lend. But we do control our own mindsets and “animal spirits”—the phrase coined by John Maynard Keynes in the depth of the Great Depression. If all you’ve got is a spreadsheet filled with red ink...
Navigating Risk: Of Sinking the Boat, Missing the Boat, and Rocking the Boat
Over at Practically Radical, I’m continuing to make a case I’ve been making for months—that a down economy can be a great opportunity to try something different or start something new. My latest source of inspiration and evidence? A great column by James Surowiecki in The New Yorker, which distinguishes...
MBAs vs. Entrepreneurs: Who Has the Right Stuff for Tough Times?
The one growth business in this shrinking economy is speculation about where MBAs and other elite students will flock now that Wall Street is a vast wasteland. “What will new map of talent flow look like?” wondered a piece last month in the New York Times. The tentative answer: towards...
The Recovering Leader
Monday LeaderTip: Informed versus Involved
Understanding the details has never been more critical for effective leadership. Yet it’s important to walk the line between being informed and getting involved. In my coaching practice, I’ve seen many examples of executives confusing command of the details with......
Health Reform: Leadership in Sacrifice Still Needed
Someone commented today on a post I wrote last August leadership in sacrifice and U.S. Healthcare Reform, Leadership in Sacrifice: U.S. Health Care Reform's Looming Lesson, which I just re-read and realized that it's still the same, and absolutely true.......
Monday LeaderTip: Leadership in Fallibility
We all make mistakes every day, and leaders are no exception. If you have high standards, you may wrestle with the temptation to deny or dwell on your errors. Feel free to visit, but don’t pitch a tent there—remind yourself......
Monday LeaderTip: High-Performing Leadership Teams
It’s not uncommon for an organization’s senior executives to call themselves the "Leadership Team." Yet frequently divisional self-interests drive their actions more so than teamwork—a lower-performing model for people at all levels of the enterprise. In contrast, members of high......
Letting Go of Lonely Leadership
“It’s lonely at the top” is not the way of leadership. If that’s the case for you, the quality of your leadership, your life at work, and your P&L, would likely be enhanced with some work on changing how you......
Monday LeaderTip: Leading in Sync with Your Values
We are at our best when our work is well-aligned with our values, and leaders are no exception. Yet in the fray of day-to-day challenges, rarely do we stop to reflect on what we hold most important, and/or how that......
Slow Leadership
After long deliberation, I have decided to close down Slow Leadership and retire from blogging. I think I have written almost all I want to write and the extensive demands of a regular publishing schedule no longer work for me. I am also more and more conscious that I retired...
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-16
Reading Trend to Watch: Trust in Business Is Running Out – HBR Now – Harvard Business Review at http://bit.ly/sOmmu # Reading FT.com | Management Blog | No room for business as usual at http://bit.ly/b35P4 # Reading Do women make better bosses? – Management Line – Executive Style – WAtoday.com.au Blogs at http://bit.ly/4o5T0z...
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-09
Reading Time poverty crisis – Management Line – Executive Style – WAtoday.com.au Blogs at http://bit.ly/ZkFsm # Reading Why Jerks Are Bad Decision-Makers – Tom Davenport – HarvardBusiness.org at http://bit.ly/VAe9u # Reading New Statesman – Pointless act of the week at http://bit.ly/9AP3O # Reading Your Innovations Aren't Immortal – Scott Anthony – HarvardBusiness.org at...
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-02
Reading Hire People Who Disagree with You – John Baldoni – HarvardBusiness.org at http://bit.ly/BXOnQ # Reading FT.com / Columnists / Stefan Stern – Change the way you work at http://bit.ly/QytkW # Reading Bad moods at work – The Globe and Mail at http://bit.ly/1fN7zs # Reading We are still mad with the banks but...
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-26
Reading An 18-Minute Plan for Managing Your Day – Peter Bregman – HarvardBusiness.org at http://bit.ly/3aOXKE # Reading Why Are Creative Leaders So Rare? – Navi Radjou – HarvardBusiness.org at http://bit.ly/WvrFh # Reading Cost cuts, unpaid leave and volunteer workers – Management Line – Executive Style – WAtoday.com.au Blogs at http://bit.ly/NzdOg # Reading Trend...
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-19
Are you 'funemployed'? Worth considering? http://bit.ly/DBdBw # Do you try too hard to be 'you'? http://bit.ly/4E4IjR # It seems swearing can ease pain. That's damn good news, eh? http://bit.ly/lkxsW # Reading The business tool we often forget about – Enterprise – MySmallBusiness – WAtoday.com.au Blogs at http://bit.ly/3vimv0 # This should be preferred reading for...
RapidBI-Mgt, Leadership, Business Improvement Articles
New workshop for consultants, business advisers and OD specialists
Rapidly identify & prioritise the needs of your clients. Users of RapidBI's Business Improvement Review (BIR), have used the tool to help identify client needs, prioritise actions and provide a way of evaluating outcomes and measuring progress (benchmarking) made. Now the team at RapidBI have taken our accreditation workshop, and...
BEST PRACTICE Often in business we hear about Best Practice and Good Practice, but what does it mean? Where and when should we use it? How to generate Best Practice in your organization...
The Impact of the Web on Accelerated Learning
Accelerated or brain friendly learning has been increasingly accepted amonst trainers, but are we missing much of this learning via the internet?...
Train the Trainer – Infection Control
We often talk about the importance of wearing gloved as part of our infection control Standard Practises (SPs), the use of hand-gel, but we don't really do infection control. What are infections? how are they spread? What can each of us to to STOP the spread of infection in its...
Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence Theory
Howard Gardner's varying approaches to the "Multiple Intelligence Theory" and their relevance to Accelerated Learning Techniques....