How to Write a Mission Statement That Isn’t Dumb
Nancy Lublin, CEO of Do Something, is the author of this week’s Tuesday Reading, “How to Write a Mission Statement That Isn’t Dumb”. Her article appears in the December 1, 2009 issue of FastCompany.
November 2009
Using Curiosity to Create Accountability with Powerful People
Today’s Tuesday Reading is a piece which I reproduce below “Using Curiosity to Create Accountability with Powerful People” by Roger Schwarz of the Skilled Facilitator.
In his piece, Schwarz notes that when people are accountable to you, you [should] expect then to explain the key decisions and actions they have taken. Yet, when we are talking with people who have more power than we do, we stop asking questions, we stop being curious. In this piece, Scvhwarz suggests four questions that you might ask in these situations along with ways to set the context.
Lessons from Your Leadership Journey
Today’s reading “Lessons from Your Leadership Journey” is a recent entry in Brian McDonald’s blog at the ITLP Leadership Development Community Practice website <http://bit.ly/L7Om>.
The Brand Called You
Over the past several years, I’ve seen a number of articles about personal branding. My favorite is a piece Tom Peters wrote some two years ago – “The Brand Called You” – that appeared in FastCompany on December 18, 2007. Peters' piece is this week’s Tuesday Reading.