Authentic Leadership
I can’t stress enough how GREAT the February issue of Harvard Business Review is. I’ve already got the March issue, plus several other magazines I want to read, but I have been putting them off as I continue to read supe ...
Category: Individual Development
Forgive (but Don't Forget)
I came across a great quote to share about forgiveness. Forgiveness/reconciliation is one of the most difficult parts of conflict resolution (in terms of “intractable” international conflicts, I think it is THE biggest i ...
Forgive (but Don’t Forget)
I came across a great quote to share about forgiveness. Forgiveness/reconciliation is one of the most difficult parts of conflict resolution (in terms of “intractable” international conflicts, I think it is THE biggest i ...
Employee Education
As a follow up to yesterday’s post about bad bosses, I want to focus on the employee side a little. I had lunch on Friday with a CEO who just took a new job and is frustrated with several of the staff people she inherite ...
Relationships at Work
Associations Now this month has a little piece up front about the “bad boss” (although they announce that next month they will do one on “evil employee”). It’s drawn from Buckingham and Coffman’s First Break All the Rule ...
Great Ideas Notebook
More of my notes from Great Ideas 07: Dan Heath: If you want it to stick, then SAY SOMETHING. It takes courage to say something so clearly that it can be refuted or even proven wrong. Identity is more powerful than narr ...
Ideas that Stick Can Also Stress
I had a super time at the Great Ideas conference, although the notes in my learning journal are a little sparse this year. That is partially because I did have to skip a session or two in order to continue re-creating my ...
Stop Doing List
I finally got around to reading the “regular” part of Associations Now. They put most of the good stuff, in my opinion, in the Volunteer Leadership supplement. I liked the cover story about paradoxes (my favorite quote i ...
Compassion
At the end of my session Friday, the group asked if I had any final words of wisdom. I like to respond to those requests, even though I don’t have a “stock” answer prepared ahead of time. And although I didn’t make the c ...
Crazy Busy
Edward Hallowell has an article in Associations Now's "Volunteer Leadership" supplement this month. It talks about finding balance and managing time so you don't get "crazy busy" (Hallowell wrote a bo ...