Doing More For Less (of us) Getting the most out of people is not a bad thing but in the extreme it translates into squeezing the life out of them. As Deming exclaimed, “beat horses and they will run faster—for a while.” Doing more with less implies squeezing more and more out of people until [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Moral Values’
Parasite Or Partner
Posted in Economy, Leadership, Morality/Ethics, partnership, Quality, tagged Business of business, Critical Thinking, Economy, human spirit, Leadership, Moral Values, partnership, Progress, Quality, relationships, Systems Thinking on May 8, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Resonant Leaders Require Positive Energy
Posted in Leadership, partnership, Relationships, tagged Culture, Development of Self, human spirit, Leadership, Moral Values, partnership, Progress, Quality, relationships on April 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Richard Boyatzis of Case Western Reserve, in HRB Blog Network, spoke to the need for teams to have what he calls resonant leaders. Richard states such leaders “are able to build trusting, engaged and energizing relationships with others around them” and as a result the team is able to “adapt, innovate and sustain performance. “ [...]
Capitalism’s Morality
Posted in Economy, Life, Morality/Ethics, tagged Business of business, Critical Thinking, Culture, Economy, Ethical Principles, Moral Values on March 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In an article titled “The difference between private and public morality” Robert Reich states the “economy is built on a foundation of shared morality.” So where is shared morality addressed among the precepts of our economic system? Though Reich notes, Adam Smith considered himself a moral philosopher—writing Theory of Moral Sentiments—I must add he also [...]
Hidden Leadership Lesson #32
Posted in Leadership, Management, Relationships, tagged Development of Self, human spirit, Leadership, Learning, management, Moral Values, partnership, relationships on March 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A leader is one who others have chosen to follow. So because leaders require followers, it is imperative that the leader be a person of utmost integrity. Knowing who you are and what you stand for and embodying this in your way-of-being is paramount. Moreover integrity is the antecedent to trustworthiness. Why is this important? [...]
Mindset Not Market Failure
Posted in Change, Economy, Life, Problem Solving, Systems Thinking, tagged Business of business, Change, Critical Thinking, Decision-making, Economy, Education, human spirit, Leadership, Moral Values, partnership, relationships, Systems Thinking on February 25, 2012 | 1 Comment »
In an article on Harvard Business Review Blog, titled U.S. Companies Versus the U.S. Economy, Thomas Kochan (of MIT Sloan School of Management) argues the disconnect between U.S. companies and the U.S. economy is the result of market failure. While the management of each business corporation makes decisions believing the unit of survival is the [...]
Rethinking a Fixed System
Posted in Change, Economy, Life, Problem Solving, Progress, Quality, tagged Business of business, Change, Critical Thinking, Decision-making, Economy, human spirit, Leadership, Learning, Moral Values, partnership, Problem Solving, Progress, Quality, relationships, Systems Thinking on January 21, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Is the system broken? No, not at all! It is fixed just as desired. Our economic system has no (explicit) concern for ‘we’ in its design, it is all about ‘me’ getting what I can for ‘myself’—it is best labeled an egoistic economic system. The pursuit of material self-interest is the guiding principle for [...]
We Shape The Leaders We Get
Posted in Leadership, Life, Morality/Ethics, Progress, tagged Business of business, Change, Critical Thinking, Decision-making, Development of Self, Economy, Ethical Principles, human spirit, Leadership, Moral Values, Progress, Statistical Thinking on December 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ever wonder why so many of the top executives of corporations are similar in character? Why is it that many accept a huge compensation package while at the same time communicate that it is necessary to cast off many people for the sake of competitiveness? Why is it that many CEO’s seem disconnected from the [...]
What We Are Doing To Each Other
Posted in Leadership, Life, Morality/Ethics, tagged Culture, Ethical Principles, human spirit, Leadership, Moral Values, Quality, relationships on November 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Monthly we are told that the unemployment rate is essentially stuck in the neighborhood of 9% and that the real unemployment is more like 17 to 20%. We have about 25 million people unemployed and without the means to provide for the essential basic human needs. Those without jobs don’t need the monthly figures to [...]
The Gravity of Vision
Posted in Leadership, Relationships, Systems Thinking, tagged human spirit, Leadership, Moral Values, organizational design, relationships, Systems Thinking on October 26, 2011 | 5 Comments »
The Gravity of Vision In our universe what keeps things together? In a general sense what brings chaos to order? Gravity. For without it every person and thing would be cast into space, floating aimlessly, making for quite a chaotic existence. If not for gravity then nothing would be at rest on earth. Moreover this [...]
The Indignation of the Immune
Posted in Change, Economy, Life, Systems Thinking, tagged Change, Critical Thinking, Economy, human spirit, Moral Values, Progress, Systems Thinking on October 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In a recent article by Paul Krugman spoke to the whining from the elite in Wall Street who believe that the good that they have done for society is not understood, claiming that “finance is the only thing America does well.” Not only is it telling of where we are as a society that [...]
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