Leadership

I found this piece —     Why Everyone in an Enterprise Can — and Should — Be a Leader http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/index.cfm?fa=printArticle&ID=893   — which was originally published in December 2003 recently and thought it was really worth sharing.  Based upon work by individuals at Wharton and McKinsey, it points out that everyone, no matter their […]

It is very hard to get our work done without collaboration.  Sometimes those collaborators are on our team, sometimes in our organization, sometimes they are elsewhere in our university, and sometimes they are outside our university in suppliers, government agencies, etc.  When collaboration occurs things go well.  But sometimes it doesn’t;  our needed collaborators resist, […]

As all of your know by now, I read a lot from a lot of sources. Yesterday, a newsletter called Marketplace Moments written by a friend, Randy Kilgore, reached my desk.  It carries a story which I want to repeat:   “It’s December 17, 1941. The citizens of the town of North Platte, Nebraska heard […]

Rick Brenner of Chaco Canyon Consulting here in Boston has a weekly email newsletter called Point Lookout.  I like Rick’s writing because it typically leads you to think about a subject from a different point of view.  This is truly the case in this weeks reading “FedEx,  Flocks and Frames of Reference.”  In the piece […]

Marshall Goldsmith is one of the country’s leading executive coaches. Today’s reading is his column from the July 2005 issue of Fast Company:   http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/96/mgoldsmith.html   In this column Goldsmith talks about the importance of being a great listener.  He says that in listening “Your only aim is to let the other person feel that […]

One of my favorite books on leadership is Leadership Jazz by Max DePree. Max was chairman of the board of Herman Miller for many years. Leadership Jazz is primarily a set of personal stories about leadership. I first read the book about 10 years ago and have found that rereading it as well as a […]

Good morning!   In my reading this week, I found this short piece by John Baldoni.  In it he talks about the foundational importance of importance and suggests that you can nurture it by “inviting them to look up,” by “letting them see you sweat,” by “learning from your mistakes,” and by “radiating hope.” Enjoy…………..jim Weigh In: A Matter […]

I’ve attached another very helpful note authored by John Baldoni about how leaders can be helpful, graciously.   I think that you will find the comments useful…………….jim ON LEADERSHIP COMMUNICATION Being Helpful — Graciously BY : John Baldoni 03/01/2005 Lessons in the management art that goes one step beyond. One of Franklin Roosevelt’s favorite things to do during […]