In a New York Times interview Andrew M. Thompson, co-founder and C.E.O of Proteus, spoke about how he advances the capability of his company by creating and maintaining what he calls “ a leadership culture as opposed to a management culture.” As Andrew noted, “culture in our company is a really big deal, and we [...]
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Hidden Lessons in Leadership #29
Posted in Leadership, organizational design, Quality, Relationships, tagged Culture, human spirit, Leadership, Learning, organizational design, partnership, Quality, relationships on September 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Hidden Lessons in Leadership #28
Posted in Leadership, partnership, tagged Leadership, management, partnership, relationships on August 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In a New York Times interview, Kenny Chesney, the country music singer, offers a glimpse of his approach to managing. Although Kenny Chesney Inc. employs about 150 people, 120 of which are on the road with him everyday, the insights we can gain from his way of thinking about managing/leading apply to any size organization.
Essence of Leadership
Posted in Leadership, Relationships, tagged Development of Self, human spirit, Leadership, partnership, relationships on July 31, 2011 | 8 Comments »
What is the nature of the leadership theories that have been developed by business-minded academics that have advanced the body of knowledge and informed leader preparation and practice? It appears that to a great extent the theories have been attempts to not just offer descriptive but also prescriptive knowledge of leading and leadership.
Hidden Lessons in Leadership #27
Posted in Leadership, Relationships, tagged human spirit, Leadership, partnership, relationships on July 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In a New York Times interview Jack Dangermond, founder and president of Esri, explained his role as CEO is one of support. More specifically, to “support getting work…support doing work…ensuring the work is financially sound (i.e. support getting paid) and he approaches these guided by four priorities. The first two of these priorities rests with [...]
Hidden Lessons in Leadership #26
Posted in Leadership, Relationships, tagged Development of Self, human spirit, Leadership, management, partnership, relationships on June 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Bing Gordon, partner in the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, claimed in a New York Times interview “that people want leaders who give them confidence. In a start-up company or in a creative process, there’s turmoil. Every day feels like you’re looking into the maw of a black hole, and you want [...]
Hidden Lessons in Leadership #25
Posted in Leadership, Systems Thinking, tagged Critical Thinking, human spirit, Leadership, Learning, management, partnership, relationships, Systems Thinking on May 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A New York Times interview with Dominic Orr, president and CEO of Aruba Networks, highlights the importance for a leader to understand the organization as a system and to relate to its’ employees as people. Together these two principles are essential for creating a workplace culture that affords high levels of performance.
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.
Empower Thy Self
Posted in Leadership, Life, tagged Development of Self, human spirit, Leadership, Learning, partnership, Progress on January 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Managers have the legitimate authority by virtue of their position in the organization’s hierarchy to make decisions that ultimately involve the allocation and deployment of the organization’s resources. The popular use in business organizations of the empowerment concept has to do with things like pushing decision-making down the hierarchy of the organization, structuring a flatter [...]
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