Leadership Turn

February 5th, 2008

When leadership absconds

OKaaaa. Class is in session and there will be a short quiz at the end.

CEO is indicted for backdating stock options;
CEO flees to Namibia;
CEO fights extradition;
CEO claims he isn’t guilty.

This isn’t a pilot waiting for the writers’ strike to end; it’s the story of Comverse Technology CEO Jacob “Kobi” Alexander.

“…he was indicted on charges of […]

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February 1st, 2008

Leaders who DON’T: Why there’s no leadership on one hand and bad leadership on the other

I ran into this statement in the comments area of a post on changing corporate culture at Dell’s IdeaStorm, “After all, if you don’t challenge yourselves, do you expect to grow? You certainly won’t LEAD.”I don’t know if it’s original, but it is short, sweet and very true.
It’s certainly a pithy explanation of why we […]

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January 14th, 2008

Join the discussion at Leadership Turn

January 8th I wrote a post called Leaders who DON’T: politicians. It must have struck a chord because it kicked off some great discussion. Here’s a sample, I started by saying
We have no leaders, let alone statesmen, just ideologues, elected by like-minded ideologues, who care only about getting reelected, bringing government money back to their […]

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January 8th, 2008

Leaders who DON’T: politicians

Bob Turek at Project Management 411 has been hosting a discussion on what defines a leader and in a separate post and Eric Eggerston added on the need for clarity of vision. So I thought it was only right that I add to the conversation in more than just the comments on the original post.
In […]

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January 7th, 2008

Leaders who DON’T: parents

Parents are truly our first leaders, although the leading is more along the lines of ‘monkey see/monkey do’ as we copy their MAP (mindset, attitude, philosophy™) even as we’re shaping our own. A decade ago, we were treated to the mom in Texas convicted of hiring a hit man.
Ms. Holloway had served six months of […]

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January 3rd, 2008

Another new feature: Leaders DON’T

New for 2008 is a category to cover all the things that are done, often under the guise of leadership, by people who ought to know better—actions that are illegal, immoral, unethical, etc.—and not just the ones that make the front page. I’ll do my best to avoid subjective judgments and promise to clearly label […]

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January 1st, 2008

Join the discussion at Leadership Turn now

January 8th I wrote a post called Leaders who DON’T: politicians. It must have struck a chord because it kicked off some great discussion. Here’s a sample.
I started by saying
We have no leaders, let alone statesmen, just ideologues, elected by like-minded ideologues, who care only about getting reelected, bringing government money back to their constituency […]

By Miki Saxon -- 0 comments