The More Things Change.…

Shuf­fling through molder­ing over­heads, I found an old pre­sen­ta­tion I used to do called, “Strate­gies for Rein­vent­ing Your­self.” It began with a recita­tion from peren­ni­al man­age­ment guru, Tom Peters. I’ve lost the cita­tion, I’m afraid, but since this is ancient his­to­ry, cir­ca 1993, it prob­a­bly came from a book, speech or arti­cle of his around… Con­tin­ue read­ing The More Things Change.…

Reflective Leadership in the Age of Layoffs

Most man­agers I know do not feel they’ve actu­al­ly been giv­en much guid­ance about how to pro­ceed with cost cut­ting and, par­tic­u­lar­ly, lay­offs. As the first line of a recent Har­vard Busi­ness Review arti­cle asks,“Why aren’t lay­offs taught as a sub­ject at busi­ness school?” I assume the rea­son is that the sub­ject is both very… Con­tin­ue read­ing Reflec­tive Lead­er­ship in the Age of Layoffs

The Problem With “Touchy-Feely”

There is no term that com­mu­ni­cates quite so much irrev­o­ca­ble dis­missal by man­agers in the busi­ness world than label­ing an action or activ­i­ty, “touchy-feely.” It is the most preva­lent way of dis­card­ing infor­ma­tion about peo­ple. The term sug­gests all those real­ly icky “hygiene” demands of employ­ees, deal­ing with the stuff of rela­tion­ships in the work­place… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Prob­lem With “Touchy-Feely”

Original Leadership Poems: Call for Submission

Every day peo­ple from all over the world come to this site look­ing for lead­er­ship poems. On their behalf, you are invit­ed to send your orig­i­nal poet­ry about lead­er­ship to this site. Up to three poems will be cho­sen each month to be post­ed and per­ma­nent­ly dis­played in the Favorite Lead­er­ship Poems pages of this… Con­tin­ue read­ing Orig­i­nal Lead­er­ship Poems: Call for Submission