June, 2009
06.30.2009
Making Decisions Outside Your Repertoire
Today’s Tuesday Reading is “Making Decisions Outside Your Repertoire” by Ronald Heifetz (you remember him from the first session of the Leadership Program), Marty Linsky, and Alexander Grashow. The article begins by noting that in turbulent times like today, pressure in on to act quickly. But, the authors argue, that strategic moves depend on making […]
06.23.2009
How to Work Better with Gen Y
Today’s Tuesday Reading is from the April 28, 2009 Ask Annie column of Fortune Magazine: “How to work better with Gen Y”. The April 28th question has to do with working with a new class of interns – Generation Y individuals; birth years 1978-1990 – who are very much like our younger employees. Anne Fisher, who writes the […]
06.02.2009
He Wants Subjects, Verbs and Objects
Everyone who has participated in the ITLP has had the opportunity to look back on their career and note the leadership lessons they have learned. Today’s Tuesday Reading is a leadership journey in the form of an interview. Recently, Richard Anderson, chief executive of Delta Airlines, was interviewed for the New York Time’s April 26, […]