Leadership blind spots? We all have them. Sometimes we refuse to admit them even when the consequences are staring us in the face. Unfortunately, however, until we recognize them, organizations are stuck in slow motion, doomed to either repeat the same cycle over and over … Read more
I saw an interesting post on LinkedIn by a former colleague of mine that reads: CFO asks CEO: “What happens if we invest in developing our people and then they leave us?” CEO: “What happens if we don’t, and they stay?” I’ve heard the first … Read more
As entrepreneurs and leaders sometimes we move so fast that we forget to “smell the roses,” as they say. One of those roses often ends up being recognition of our employees. And let’s be clear, without our employees, there is no company. So in honor … Read more
Recently, I read a blog post by Richard Branson discussing Richard Stengel’s biography of Nelson Mandela. Branson talked about the impact it has had on his life and I was intrigued. The reason I want to read the book is for the key lessons from … Read more
AOL’s CEO Tim Armstrong held a company meeting with 1,000 employees in attendance last August, during which he publically fired an employee. Bad news for the employee and bad news for Armstrong as someone in the audience recorded it. Nicholas Carlson writes an in-depth article … Read more
Ever heard the old saying, “Why is there never enough time to do it right, but always enough time to do it over?” Organizational cultures that have a need for speed can actually slow down strategically in their quest to get things done quickly. This … Read more
Yes, it’s that time of year to dust off those goals that you set for 2013 and see how you’re doing before it’s too late to do anything about it Sound familiar? As the leader, it’s your job to hold others accountable to their goals. … Read more
Do you remember the quote from former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld; “There are known knowns; there are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns; that is to say, there are things that we know we don’t know. But there are also … Read more
I found an interesting read this weekend in the WSJ about going back to the good old days of discipline in schools, before everyone got a star for participation. The author was describing a reunion of one teacher’s students, who years later came to appreciate … Read more
“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.” ~ Charles Mingus As I’ve been working through a couple of complex projects, I realized with dismay that they were getting ever more complicated with each iteration and in fact, getting … Read more