For inspiration and guidance, more of us are turning to less traditional sources of inspiration such as the bible and sports. (Jesus CEO: Using Ancient Wisdom for Visionary Leadership). A professional sport is a form of work and coaching is the sport’s equivalent to managing. So, can NBA coaches offer us business tips on leadership …
It’s hard to imagine recasting Jesus Christ or Attila the Hun as management consultants. Even putting the two together in a sentence jangles. However, that is what’s being done. There are a number of best selling management books about historical and recent heroes who embodied value based leadership including Lao Tzu, Sitting Bull, and Jesus. …
Balance the benefits and risks of changing early and massively Don’t forget to factor in the risk of standing still Smart companies are the first to make their own products obsolete Leadership is no longer solely the role of bosses; anyone excited about change should start leading A creative workplace will reduce the number …
What’s the best leadership model? Or, is there even such a thing as a leadership model? Can it be the Marine Corps? Well, the Marine Corps is a well-respected mobile fighting unit that gets its mission done. And, some businesses are implementing its leadership model. Part of the Marine Corps leadership model is the ‘rule-of-three.’ …
Some work pundits even suggest that traditional managers don’t add value, are too often redundant, and are organizational dinosaurs. Richard Koch and Ian Godden in Managing Without Management suggest that management as it exists today can’t be salvaged by the ‘flavor of the month’ fads and may disappear entirely early in this century. Sounds far …
Time is collapsing. Distance has vanished. Change is accelerating. Denver Technical College ad, Denver Rocky Mountain Post, September 19, 1999.
Can this economy last? Po Bronson, the chronicler of Silicon Valley and today’s techies, offered the following warning: “Can the (Silicon) Valley’s high-tech pickup game keep growing forever? Isn’t there some natural limit where the degree of chaos caused by the churning of start-ups and failures exceeds the degree of order established by standardized protocols …
Government will get out of the way. E-business outlays will boom. Bio-tech will arrive. Net connections will get faster. Bricks and mortar will bounce back. Gadgets will get even cooler. Boomers will hit the road.“The Next Big Things,” Fortune Magazine, December 20, 1999, pp.86-100.
“With the life-cycle of products shrinking and competition coming from unexpected corners of the globe, companies have to be more nimble than ever. This uncertainty helps some workers: if a firm has no idea from which direction the next competitive threat will come, one of its few sensible strategies is to amass good people to …
Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future. Neils Bohr, Nobel Physicist