-
Archives
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- February 2011
- November 2010
- October 2010
- July 2009
- March 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
-
Meta
Category Archives: Leadership
From self-belief to self-direction
In a sense, leaders are in the empowerment business. If you lead a team, you should spend a great deal of your time doing things that empower them. Why? Because people consistently underestimate their capacity to make things happen. They … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, New leadership skills, Self-direction
Tagged leadership, self-belief, self-direction
Leave a comment
Knowing people
Leaders and managers have to become better students of people and of human nature. We spend our time understanding processes and things rather than on understanding people. ‘People’ is obviously a big subject, but you can narrow it down and … Continue reading
Posted in Human nature, Leadership, Thew New Humanism
Tagged competitive advantage, leaders, understanding people
Leave a comment
Effective leadership requires mental training
Lots of professionals use mental training – athletes, surgeons, military personnel, and so on. The idea is to put you in control of your thoughts and feelings. From there, you manage your behaviors – and eventually your destiny. Mental control requires … Continue reading
Shakespeare in war
Wherever your mind goes, the rest of you follows. Shakespeare knew this, and so, apparently did Henry 5th. He crushes the French at Agincourt, despite being absurdly outnumbered and ill-prepared. His rousing, “Once more into the breach” passage is one of … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Mental skills, The Average Manager
Tagged leadership, Shakespeare
Leave a comment
Lead like a novelist
I once attended a lecture on how to write a novel. They woman said something like, “Your work must introduce the reader to a world of flesh and blood characters, individuals who face daunting obstacles. These characters should grow from … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Thew New Humanism, Writing
Tagged adversity, leadership, obstacles
Leave a comment
The nature of leadership
If you’re struggling to simplify your life, a quick search can uncover a world of insights, links, people, and solutions. This ability to connect into communities with shared needs and interests means that we get to learn about ourselves in hyper efficient ways that were never possible in … Continue reading
Posted in Human nature, Leadership, Thew New Humanism
Tagged human nature, leadership
Leave a comment
Leadership is for rejects
Leadership evolved out of the things that management rejected. 50 years ago, there were no ‘leaders’ in business. There were ‘administrators’ in gray suits (as in Masters in Business Administration) who spent their time on paperwork and what we would now identify as management. But the … Continue reading
Leadership as mining
As a manager, your job is to manage the material resources of your organization – inventory, cash, facilities. As a leader, your job is to manage its psychological resources, aka, the people. But as Ken Robinson pointed out (somewhere), inner … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, New leadership skills, Self-awareness, Thew New Humanism
Tagged leadership, self-awareness, transformation
1 Comment
Why we need new leadership
I don’t know of a single institution that isn’t under the threat of massive trauma or even annihilation. From the Catholic church to the US economic order, from the welfare state to the corporation, it’s all rattling. The old centers … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Self-direction, Thew New Humanism
Tagged leadership, libertarians, new leadership, self-direction
2 Comments
Huffington’s leadership challenge
This article on on the recent AOL/HuffPo merger describes the leadership challenge facing Huffington and her team. If the author is correct she’s not up to it. First, it seems she has recklessly agreed to take on AOL tasks and responsibilities … Continue reading