It occurred to me that I have the privilege of a unique glimpse inside the mind and heart of my CEOs and that, with identities withheld along with anything confidential, these glimpses may be of value to aspiring future leaders and to those more established who seek self-improvement. I have more than one CEO who [...]
Friday, May 13, 2011
Met new CEO of Rockefeller University, Mark Tessier-Levigne this week. Brief conversation about leadership took place before the wonderful Women & Science program (more about that later). Formerly the Chief Scientist at Genentech, he had thousands of research scientists reporting to him. Could he tell who would be the most productive? What were the leadership [...]
Friday, April 29, 2011
Asked by a friend how to think about networking, I advised: There are least five possibilities for each networking moment and it is not always clear which one will result: Learning the landscape (where opportunities will lie, trends that generate opportunities) Obtaining access to someone in their rolodex (now that they know what you are [...]
Monday, March 7, 2011
Most entrepreneurs are proud of decision-making by intuition. Some are more “plan-ful” than others. It gave me to wondering how to think about this. Jonah Lehrer’s book: “How We Decide” is a great read. It reinforces the idea that intuition is often based on real data available only in our subconscious. We over-think and go [...]
Countless more ordinary people of equal talent never developed the leadership core required to run the show. Why not?
Sunday, June 12, 2011
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