Kate Zernike (Never Let Them See You Sweat, New York Times, November 30, 2008) has written an important and timely article on leadership. In brief, she reports that the “uncommon” calm, confident manner you see in Barack Obama is only partly genetic, partly the result of experience (challenges, setbacks, recovery and learning). And she points [...]
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
There is plenty of grounds for complaint by many, given events of the past few months. But Thanksgiving is a good time to reflect, to express gratitude for what we have and for what has not been visited upon us. You will find that taking a few moments with others, each to identify one or [...]
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
I mentioned my Vistage CEO Group in my radio interview with Jim Blasingame of the Small Business Advocate. I made two suggestions that I omitted from the last post: (1) go to the vistage.com website and see the articles on surviving the economic crisis and search for Q2 Confidence Index and (2) go to smallbusinessadvocate.com [...]
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Funny how a deadline focuses the mind. I had a conversation this morning with Jim Blasingame, radio host and an incredibly valuable source of knowledge and insight for small business. Preparing for what is always a lively and challenging interview made me extract the juice from brainstorming sessions with my clients and Vistage CEO Group [...]
Countless more ordinary people of equal talent never developed the leadership core required to run the show. Why not?
Sunday, November 30, 2008
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