Reputation matters. Bad reputations can hurt, and even damage a name, brand, business or organization for decades. Think of some California cities and their struggles in recent years ranging from a dereliction of duty all the way to outright fraud. … Continue reading
Category Archives: Leadership
Way back in the early 1990s during my undergraduate business studies, we began learning about various predicted changes that were going to occur in the structure of leadership throughout corporate America, and all organizations. Sixteen years later in graduate school, … Continue reading
In my undergraduate studies (about a hundred years ago), in addition to logic, I also took a course on ethics that I found terribly interesting. I found many of the topics readily applicable to the world around us in a … Continue reading
Recently I have found myself running virtually every business topic I consider though the grid of the social era. This is particularly interesting to me since there are a number of principles in business that are timeless in nature, but … Continue reading
In our present time, where social is the model and connected is the norm, where is the disconnect between good ideas within the firm, and the application of innovation to make those ideas happen? In my MBA program, we were … Continue reading
The activities of the firm are summed up in the creation, expansion, management, preservation and delivery of value. The sine qua non of the delivery of value is distinctive, and distinctive is at the heart of competitive advantage. Otherwise, a … Continue reading
Two recent articles caught my eye, both dealing with a certain negative side of innovation: change management. David Burkus posted an article on 99U where he begins with the [rhetorical] question, “Have you ever debuted an exciting new idea to … Continue reading
In order to inspire staff within an organization, the executive leader must be assertive to regularly communicate the strategic design of the firm, and motivate everyone within the organization from the executive staff all the way to the operational level … Continue reading
Effective communication involves many components, and some are more appropriate than others at a given time and in a given scenario. Effective communication is moving both directions, but most people I have known who consider others as good communicators, refer … Continue reading
While not every effective leader has the giftedness, skillset, mental horsepower or even the desire to be a CEO, many of the core strengths are one and the same. First and foremost, a chief executive who proves to be an … Continue reading
Recently on the Harvard Business Review, John Coleman posted an excellent article, Take Ownership of Your Actions by Taking Responsibility (help is not on the way) that addresses expectations on the part of executive leadership. I found this particularly interesting because I recently … Continue reading