For a long time now I’ve believed that the L word in all its forms has been abused and corrupted and I’ve haven’t been shy about saying so. Further, I hate words that are defined using variations of themselves. When that happens there is nothing concrete against which to check the meaning of the word or its usage.
I’m also not a lover of people who rant and whine about what’s wrong, but offer no ideas to fix the problem/situation.
So it’s time to start working on solutions.
Perhaps a new acronym would jump-start changing the career slant of ‘leader’.
That way we can …read more

What a difference a day—or in this case a couple of years—makes.Here are quotes by and about four of the leaders whose vision helped lead us to our present situation. These are the same guys lauded by universities, the media, leadership pundits and themselves just short time ago.
“Bad behavior is aberrational…never is a big word…the chances of [the company] getting into trouble again are virtually nil.”– Chuck Prince Citigroup Dec. 16, 2005 at the annual Citigroup Investor Day,
“We’re sticking with [Angelo] Mozilo because he has built a top-notch organization with strong risk controls that could emerge even stronger from the …read more