Learning to Think
More from Roger Martin about how successful leaders think. He argues that when faced with a problem or challenge, leaders work through four steps: Determining salience Analyzing causality Envisioning the decision archite ...
How Successful Leaders Think
I hate it when the next month’s HBR comes out before I’ve read the good articles in this month’s! So I’m busy reading these days. The one article that is a “can’t miss” in the June edition is by Roger Martin, titled “How ...
Generational Conflict
Thanks to Jeff for pointing me to a great blog post by Tammy Erickson about conflict between Generation X and Baby Boomers. I had missed the PBS documentary called “Boomer Century,” that aired in March, but apparently it ...
Leadership and Intention
Ben Martin made a very brief post a while ago about becoming a leader by simply being yourself. It sparked an interesting comment thread, in which I make several points. The bulk of my part of the discussion was distingu ...
Do You Want Distinctive or Good?
Chip and Dan Heath now have a “Made to Stick” column in Fast Company (that’s the title of their book). June’s edition talks about word of mouth marketing and how products can be interesting enough to command a “conversat ...
It Takes 40 Years to Discover Poetry?
Last Sunday was my 40th birthday. I made no big deal of this. No party. I was out of town, in fact. But I will admit that being on this side of that birthday feels more “different” than I thought it would. I did get a ch ...
You Don't Always Have to be Right
Another article in Associations Now this month covers a series of “mindsets” that futurist John Naisbitt is writing about. They are lenses for interpreting the world, and he recommends leaders use many of them, rather th ...
You Don’t Always Have to be Right
Another article in Associations Now this month covers a series of “mindsets” that futurist John Naisbitt is writing about. They are lenses for interpreting the world, and he recommends leaders use many of them, rather th ...
Strategic Planning Horror Stories
My friend Jeff and I are writing a book about strategy work in associations. One of our main points is that strategic planning is not only dead--it's actually killing us. As such, we are looking for stories from people w ...
The Blogoclump Grows!
Just to prove that Ben Martin is not the only one who can discover new blogging talent, I point everyone to Keitha Ann Hatfield's blog. She works for the Texas Association for Home Care in Austin, and her blog is called ...