Any top team needs debate and even conflict- but only at the right time and in the right setting. That time and that setting are before the matter is decided.
Given how long it took President Obama to set the strategy, there was plenty of time for disagreement and even advocacy. Great leaders know that this [...]
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Why General McChrystal Had to Go
June 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
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Leadership Lesson from the World Cup: How to Be Your Own Worst Enemy
June 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
An American with no street cred whatsoever writing about the World Cup may be a dangerous thing. While I am a fan, I cannot pretend to understand the subtleties of a game I did not ever play much. And certainly I barely understand the arcane workings of FIFA, the governing body of the World Cup [...]
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A Little Research Help?
June 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I am working on an article this month and need a little help from anyone reading here, and anyone you are willing to enroll. Yep, one more web survey. This one should take about 10 minutes tops, unless you really really want to put on the thinking cap. The main body is two questions asking [...]
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PonderThis: Leaders Need for Rest and Renewal
March 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Organizations at Their Best, PonderThis, Uncategorized
It is Friday and I am supposed to post a PonderThis for the weekend. But I am also exhausted from a 53 hour period of not sleeping while I worked a full day and then returned from Bangkok, complete with a stopover to see an old friend in Seoul. I was about to punt, knowing [...]
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Where Do You Go?
March 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Great Questions, PonderThis, Uncategorized
Every leader has that moment when the walls close in. It can look like overwhelm, a situation so challenging that there appears to be no answer, exhaustion or simply that point that Dante described- a moment where the way forward is totally lost. Effective leaders have a go-to plan for such moments.
For some it is [...]
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