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
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
You’ve all been asked to support various causes at work. Maybe it’s been your co-worker’s child’s softball team or the current company cause. These are all great, assuming they are in alignment with the company values and policies and truly assist someone or some organization … Read more
Last week there was an interesting article in the WSJ about Microsoft and some industry veterans offered up several “Fix it Strategies” for the company with Ballmer’s departure. There were definitely some interesting ideas and likely some that are spot on. However, it got me … Read more
Recently, David Brooks wrote a very interesting article in the Opinion Pages of The NY Times called, “The Nudge Debate.” He discussed the relative pros and cons of how far our government should go in pushing people toward “positive behavior through social policy.” In other … Read more
When thinking about disruption, I think we automatically associate “bad” with the term. We believe a disruption is something out of the ordinary, or something that requires attention or change. When we look at dictionary.com, one of the definitions is: “ e.g. The news disrupted … Read more