The latest gem from the “forethought” section of Harvard Business Review: research indicates that of all the positions in an organization, the one with the LOWEST score for emotional intelligence is (drum roll please…): ...
With management guru Peter Drucker's passing, I was inspired to get and (finally!) read his classic "Managing the Non-Profit Organization: Principles and Practices" book. I haven't finished it, but here's my fa ...
There is a story on the front page of the business section of the Washington Post today about the new CEO of Fannie Mae. The subhead states, “CEO Daniel H. Mudd Must Fix Problems With Accounting and Culture.” Wow! Organi ...
This is a brief post with an even briefer quote. It is a line from Margaret Wheatley's Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time. Life seeks organization, but it uses messes to get there. Organization is a proces ...
I need to make two points in today’s post. The first is about how great blogs are. My friend Jeff De Cagna (who bought me this domain and convinced me to blog) laughs a bit about how excited I am about blogging given my ...
For those of you who (like me) read Harvard Business Review regularly, please don’t skip the “forethought” section at the beginning. It often has some real gems in it (that don’t require 45 minutes of focused reading, ei ...
Jeffrey Pfeffer’s column in Business 2.0 this month is about giving leaders the permission to say “I don’t know,” which is definitely something I support. The fallacy that leaders should know the answers all the time get ...
