Each year the Top 100 Best Places to Work is generated by the Great Place to Work Institute and published by Fortune magazine. Although there is an element of self-selection and rankings disregard the distribution of this index across companies, the list of companies do present a group of companies with a discernable difference. This [...]
Archive for April, 2010
People Centered Management
Posted in Leadership, partnership, tagged human spirit, Leadership, management, partnership, relationships on April 29, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Misplaced Attention for Leadership
Posted in Leadership, Progress, Statistical Thinking, tagged Leadership, management, Progress, Quality, Systems Thinking on April 25, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Seemingly for decades countless studies have failed to develop an operational definition of leadership. The only clear notion that many seem to advance is that leadership is the property of those persons within the upper echelon of an organization’s hierarchy: Leadership has become synonymous with a person of position or title—hence the commonly expressed goal [...]
It’s Not a Game and It’s Not Private
Posted in Economy, Leadership, Progress, tagged Business of business, Decision-making, Economy, Leadership, Systems Thinking on April 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Business mirrors life. Business is about competition. Business is a game. It’s all about winning. It’s all about getting as much as you can. To what extent do these statements reflect your underlying beliefs and values? To what extent to these prefigure your practice? Consider the Wall Street game board and Goldman Sachs as the [...]
Thought Against Change
Posted in Change, Leadership, tagged Change, Leadership, Progress on April 18, 2010 | 6 Comments »
If you have experience with change, then likely you also have experience with resistance to change. While there are a multitude of reasons for not embracing, cooperating with or accepting change, most often it is thought that opposes the change. That is to say, people bring forward a thought they hold—a personal attachment—as a defense [...]
Is it a joy or a job?
Posted in Leadership, Quality, tagged Business of business, Development of Self, human spirit, Learning, organizational design, relationships on April 14, 2010 | 18 Comments »
What is joy? It is not just an emotion as are pleasure, jealousy, and envy; nor is it a judgment against expectation as is satisfaction. Joy, like peace, is a state of being. Joy in work emerges when the activity resonates within our very being; it emerges when the individual and the activity become one—when [...]
Able to Fill Tall Buildings
Posted in Economy, Leadership, Problem Solving, Progress, Systems Thinking, tagged Business of business, Economy, Leadership, Problem Solving, Systems Thinking on April 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission heard the testimony of two former Citigroup executives, Charles Prince (CEO) and Robert Rubin (Chairman of the Board of Directors) on Thursday, April 8 2010. In a New York Times article, Charles Prince was quoted: “I’m sorry the financial crisis has had such a devastating impact for our country,” Mr. [...]
Business of a Different Mind
Posted in Leadership, Progress, Quality, tagged Business of business, Economy, human spirit, Leadership, Learning, Quality, Systems Thinking on April 8, 2010 | 41 Comments »
The economic theory we follow has as its dominant precept the maximization of material wealth. Accordingly, economic enterprises are expected to not only have material gain as a goal, but they are to pursue unlimited growth. As a measure of effectiveness, business executives are expected to demonstrate that today’s gain is more than yesterday’s. Accordingly, [...]
Toxicity of the Intoxicated
Posted in Leadership, tagged Development of Self, human spirit, Leadership, relationships on April 1, 2010 | 11 Comments »
When people are given the legitimate authority associated with a position in an organization’s (management) hierarchy, they are also necessarily entrusted with the development of those over whom they have been given formal authority. Sadly some become intoxicated with exercising power over others that they deny and ignore the responsibility for the care and concern [...]
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