May 11th, 2007 | 
Matt over at his OnlyOnce blog has a great post up titled, It Never Goes Without Saying. Matt makes the case for why leaders and managers should take advantage of every opportunity to communicate messages, feedback, direction and vision. What constitutes an opportunity? Any event or “moment” as Matt calls them. The post discusses creating such [...]
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The title of this post is a quote from the latest entry on Will Price’s blog, Leaders as Weather Vanes. In his post, Will discusses a 1915 quote from the President of National City Bank of NY (Citibank), Charles Mitchell, that he read in the recent 70th anniversary edition of Forbes. Will goes on to [...] Whether you’re getting funding for your brand spankin’ new startup, convincing a customer to buy loads of stuff from your company or leading a team of people in an effort to turn dreams into reality, your ability to sell your vision to a wide variety of people is a required skill and a critical part of being [...] Leaders have to be positive. After all, how often do people choose to follow someone who’s negative all the time? Leader: I know it sucks and what we’re about to do hasn’t worked in our previous attempts and we’ll probably all fail again this time, but follow me into the abyss anyway. Those led: Sure, or maybe [...] My general view of business (and life) is that humility is a big part of success. But that’s almost assuredly more representative of my value system than of any generally accepted business wisdom. In fact, there may be strong evidence to the contrary. There are of course many quiet, humble people who have run [...] This week, Steve Jobs did his MacWorld song and dance. While he delivers his message to an eager and receptive audience, there’s no question that his mastery of public speaking helps promote his message and causes even those who aren’t Apple zealots to take notice. I’d hazard a guess that this skill is also a huge [...] Rudy Giuliani was the keynote speaker at today’s session of the 9th Annual Needham Growth Conference. While he refrained from announcing his candidacy for President, he certainly didn’t hold back from reminding everyone what his broad political beliefs are. Whatever you think of Rudy Giuliani and his political opinions, few question his abilities as a leader, [...] A couple of months ago, I wrote a post titled Leadership vs. Management. I followed it up with another on the topic titled, So, You Wanna Be a Leader . . . “ The core of both posts is my strong belief that leadership and management are two very different skills that are frequently [...] There’s an article in Sports Illustrated this week (no online access for non-subscribers that I can find) that discusses how Rodney Harrison, the New England Patriot’s strong safety was voted by opposing players as the dirtiest player in the NFL. Harrison’s response: “I’m not dirty. I’m a hard-nosed football player. I play to the [...] [If you read any of the previous posts in this series, you may want to skip the next couple of introductory paragraphs and branch, jump or goto Deception in boldface, below.] This is the last of a six-post series that discusses how, when, why and why not apply military strategy and tactics to business. For the sake of some [...] |
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