We choose whom to hire/follow/marry/date/befriend—or not.
Some of those choices work out and some don’t, but it’s when we choose someone who’s flawed, who just isn’t nice, that often bothers us the most. How could we have missed it—it always seems so obvious after the fact—and we end up wondering why our social judgment is so […]
A minor political drama being played out in Yakima (where I don’t live), Washington is being covered in the state news section of my newspaper. My reaction as a person is ‘ho hum, business as usual’, while my reaction as a blogger is pure disgust.
In short, here’s what’s happened
The Republican Party endorsed the candidate who […]
What differentiates the best from the rest in all walks of life? What one single action provides a giant ‘wow’ factor not just to the mighty, but to people at any level?
Communications.
That’s right; no matter how they choose to do it, communicating is the hallmark of every great leader/manager/artist/parent/et al.
Communications need to be clear, concise […]
Let’s pretend that you head an organization that fights women’s stereotypes and you apply to various companies who market to women for funding to develop campaigns on beauty and age or beauty and skin color. How responsive (read: generous) do you think companies would be in funding those efforts?
Now let’s say that you’re the head […]
As some of you know, we’re three weeks into a hard fought Apprentice-style contest here at the b5 Biz channel. My team (go Aces!) won the first week, blew the second and came roaring back for the third. You can read all about it here (heck, Kelly writes so well I see no need to […]
Compare these two statements:
Has the time come for CEO Version 3.0?
The first iteration made its mark in the 1990s, as chief executives like Sanford Weill, Gerald Levin, John Welch Jr. and Michael Eisner built empires, and their profiles, at the companies they ran: Citigroup, Time Warner, GE and Disney.
When their shares deflated earlier this decade […]
I commented a few days ago that a politician practicing leadership sounded like an oxymoron, but I may have run into just that situation.
SnoCo sheriff puts political rivals in leadership jobs
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
EVERETT, Wash. — Newly elected Snohomish County Sheriff John Lovick has made two political opponents part of his leadership team.
Two men who ran […]
Although I haven’t read The Taboos of Leadership, it supposedly “reveals the rarely discussed realities of leadership–the secrets that leaders just cannot admit to publicly for fear of losing power, self-respect, or even their jobs.” However, the author, Dr. Anthony F. Smith, makes a cogent observation when he says in an essay,
Well, unfortunately, there are […]
Last week I again focused on the culture underwritten by Brad Anderson’s MAP (mindset, attitude, philosophy)™. In the comments Diane asked, “What can be done to open the minds of managers?”
Unfortunately, there is really nothing you can do to force a person to change the way they think, but there is much you can do […]
Another editor-inspired Theme day here at the b5 business Channel and it’s traditions—not a topic for which I have much liking.
Generally, traditions are the result of doing something the same way year after year and in a few instances I suppose that’s OK, but most of the time it translates as “because we’ve always done […]
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