A story told by Jay Goltz to illustrate his strategy for learning from mistakes highlights common errors that many business managers and owners commit. Though Jay’s story takes place in one of his small businesses these errors are indeed common and committed regularly by managers in both small and large companies.
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Mistaken Solution
Posted in Leadership, Management, organizational design, Problem Solving, Systems Thinking, tagged Decision-making, Leadership, Learning, management, organizational design, Quality, relationships, Systems Thinking on August 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Cheating Is No Surprise
Posted in Education, Management, Quality, Systems Thinking, tagged Critical Thinking, Decision-making, Leadership, management, Problem Solving, Quality, Systems Thinking on July 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Many will acknowledge that while we may not measure what’s important, the important thing becomes what we measure. Why? It keeps us exclusively focused on what in-practice we (often tacitly come to) value.
Bottom-Line on CEO Compensation
Posted in Management, Systems Thinking, tagged Critical Thinking, management, Quality, Systems Thinking on July 12, 2011 | 2 Comments »
In the business world results matter, especially the results that matters most to (that is benefits) ‘me’! And there are few in a better position to be self-serving than a CEO of a large corporation. In regards to top executive compensation life has been and continues to be good, and more importantly it looks as [...]
Leading With Vision
Posted in Leadership, Management, Progress, Quality, tagged Change, Complexity, Critical Thinking, Leadership, Learning, management, Progress, Quality, Statistical Thinking, Systems Thinking on June 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
A New York Times article, Lessons in Longevity From I.B.M., by Steve Lohr used IBM reaching the 100-year old mark to call attention to practices that contribute to an organization’s longevity. A noteworthy point made is that past success can impede future success. The article seems to suggest that all companies will lose their dominance [...]
Replace Performance Reviews with Leadership for Quality
Posted in Leadership, Management, Quality, tagged Development of Self, human spirit, Leadership, Learning, management, Quality, relationships, Statistical Thinking, Variation on May 3, 2011 | 3 Comments »
A recent issue of Knowledge@Wharton indicates, that while 91% of companies worldwide have performance appraisals only 35% to 40% do performance reviews well. The question remains, what does doing them well mean? What are the criteria for the performance of performance reviews? Can performance reviews (as we’ve come to know and love them) really be [...]
Recapturing the Credo
Posted in Leadership, Management, Quality, tagged Business of business, Decision-making, Leadership, Moral Values, Quality on April 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Johnson & Johnson has been known for its commitment to its credo that requires its executives and employees to conduct business responsibly and with the utmost concern for those they serve (which according to their credo includes patients, doctors and nurses). However recently that image of J&J being the pinnacle of responsible business has been [...]
Hidden Lessons in Leadership #24
Posted in Leadership, Management, tagged human spirit, Leadership, Learning, management, Quality, relationships on April 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What does Mark Fuller, CEO of WET Design, do to foster a collaborative and creative culture? Given that people are far more creative when they actually share ideas with each other, Mark focuses on developing skillful listening. Quite creatively Mark uses improvisation classes as a means to this end. Why?
Hidden Lessons in Leadership #23
Posted in Leadership, Management, organizational design, Relationships, tagged Development of Self, human spirit, Leadership, organizational design, partnership, relationships, Systems Thinking on April 10, 2011 | 3 Comments »
With technology begetting more technology, innovation appears to be increasing at an increasing rate. Consequently in many industries, if a business is not cutting edge, it may not be too long before it fails to make the cut. Accordingly business managers/leaders have a corresponding need to foster creativity within the organization toward realizing more innovation [...]
Hidden Lessons in Leadership #22
Posted in Leadership, Management, Relationships, tagged Business of business, human spirit, Leadership, management, Moral Values, organizational design, partnership, Quality, relationships on March 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Interviews with CEOs, Romil Bahl (PRGX) and Irwin Simon (HAIN Celestial Group), bring to light the importance of people and their ideas to an organization’s success; and consequently why creating a culture that fosters the unfolding of people’s potential is central to the viability of the enterprise. Two quite business organizations operating in quite different [...]
The Nature of Management
Posted in Leadership, Management, Morality/Ethics, Relationships, tagged Development of Self, Ethical Principles, human spirit, Leadership, management, Moral Values, partnership, relationships on March 14, 2011 | 3 Comments »
As Marjorie Kaplan, President of the Animal Planet and Science networks, noted in a recent interview, “it’s easy to be somebody’s friend. It’s harder to be their manager.” While both are relationships they are different relationships. What is the difference? Likely it rests on the purpose or objective of why you are in the relationship.
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