Who works for a company when the workday never ends?
The simple answer may be all of us. It may be all of us at some time in our lives. It may be that some of us can’t
How do you align the daily activities of the team with your long-term plans?
Many companies have created alignment within the management team by yearly corporate meetings, weekly tactical meetings and all the impromptu conversations that keep
How do you teach crisis management to your team?
There is something about the first time – the first kiss, the first time we live away from home, the first job – that has a special meaning for all of us. It is exciting, it is scary, it is all new. The first time you lose a major customer, the first time you have […]
What makes us trust a leader?
Instinctively, we trust some people and don’t trust others. We put our faith in unscrupulous folks sometimes and don’t immediately recognize the truly trustworthy ones. So we begin to doubt our instincts. Trust is a difficult concept to parse. The part of the brain where we analyze trust must be near the Amygdala where flight […]
What differentiates a leader?- Willingness to take charge/risk
Ultimately, someone has to do it. Someone has to make the decision. It is fascinating to watch in a team meeting. When no one is “the boss”, who ultimately pushes the group to decide and move on? If you are familiar with Myers-Briggs personality inventory, these are the high “j”s. They tend to hate ambiguity- […]
What differentiates a leader?
You see conversations about this on LinkedIn, there are a thousand business books that talk about it. It is studied in military colleges, the political arena, business schools and multi-national corporations. We think it is vital to the success
Where did you learn to be a leader?
In our society, it seems like being a leader is supposed to be like being a parent-you’ll figure it out when you need to. The analogy goes further, we instinctively copy
How do we solve big problems?
The old adage is….one bite at a time. As in, how do you eat an elephant? To me, the strategic question is…
What have CEOs learned from Mothers?
In today’s NY Times, Judith Shelevitz says: “Sociologists sometimes call the management of familial duties ‘worry work’, and the person who does it
Do written corporate values matter?
Have you seen those nice plaques on the walls of lobbies, boardrooms, managers’ offices? Here it is: this is who they are, this is