What do you do when faced with uncertainty? Consider for example that you are scheduled to arrive at a meeting location where you have never been and are uncertain about the length of time it will take to get there, what do you do? If you are like most you leave a bit earlier, just [...]
Archive for May, 2010
Uncertainty to Chaos
Posted in Statistical Thinking, Systems Thinking, tagged Complexity, Critical Thinking, Learning, management, Problem Solving, Quality, Statistical Thinking, Systems Thinking on May 26, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Leadership…Who Cares
Posted in Leadership, partnership, tagged Business of business, Development of Self, human spirit, Leadership, management, partnership, relationships on May 23, 2010 | 17 Comments »
Given the prevalence of a results oriented focus, leadership development is very often means leadership skill development for results. The premise is that an individual could get results—the measure of effective leadership—if he/she just acquired the right skills. This operative paradigm casts a leader as a skillful mechanic of the business machine, that if equipped [...]
Mismanagement of Costs
Posted in Leadership, Progress, Systems Thinking, tagged Business of business, Decision-making, Leadership, management, Progress, Quality, Systems Thinking on May 20, 2010 | 7 Comments »
We incur costs when performing an activity, when expending energy. Therefore a business enterprise that produces a product or service also produces costs, naturally. Not only are costs unavoidable they are necessary! Moreover, there’s an optimal level of costs both below and above which an enterprise renders itself less viable. So why is it that [...]
Hidden Lessons in Leadership #6
Posted in Leadership, partnership, Systems Thinking, tagged human spirit, Leadership, Learning, management, relationships, Systems Thinking on May 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In a May 7, 2010 New York Times Corner Office interview with Sharon Napier, CEO Partners + Napier, Sharon explains how athletics, specifically basketball, is her source for principles to manage/lead by. A key principle for Sharon is that every person on the team has a role to play. While most would agree with this, [...]
Climbers Against Leadership
Posted in Leadership, tagged Development of Self, Economy, Leadership, Progress on May 13, 2010 | 7 Comments »
According to many researchers, Western society appears to becoming overly individualistic, self-centered and materialistic. This should not be surprising given the importance the socio-economic system places on the maximization of material self-interest—it would be a surprise, of course, if it were otherwise.
Time is More than Money
Posted in partnership, Progress, Quality, tagged Business of business, Development of Self, human spirit, partnership on May 9, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Would you invest your money with an institution/organization that didn’t recognize the value of your deposit and that didn’t enable it to synergize with that of other depositors? Of course you wouldn’t! Why? Likely you expect to have returned what you’ve put in plus interest. In fact, you would probably choose that institution/organization that provided [...]
Subverting Progress
Posted in Economy, Progress, tagged Business of business, Critical Thinking, Development of Self, Economy, human spirit, Progress on May 6, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Many of us find our quality of life to be less than it was decades earlier. Oh sure there are some who are quite well off! In particular the top income earners live as they always have, but the majority of us are struggling. And it is getting worse, as many are finding it harder [...]
Hidden Lessons in Leadership #5
Posted in Leadership, partnership, tagged Critical Thinking, Development of Self, Leadership, partnership, relationships on May 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A recent New York Times interview with Rachel Ashwell, founder of Shabby Chic, reveals an orientation and practice that reflects often overlooked qualities and expectations of leadership. First and foremost quality is being human. Oh many might say, aren’t we all human! Would this not mean that everyone provides leadership?
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