Last week we saw something many did not expect. We saw senior members of Goldman Sachs enrage members of a congressional committee not by arguing or feigning innocence or even ignorance. For the most part they seemed mystified. There is a huge emotional payload connected with their $3 billion profit by betting against investments they [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Thoughts on Life and Leadership'
PonderThis: When Rewards are Out of Whack
May 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment · PonderThis, Thoughts on Life and Leadership
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BP, Tony Hayward and Leadership Legacy
May 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Follow the Leaders, Organizations at Their Best, Thoughts on Life and Leadership
Many executives talk about the legacy that they want to leave. The current challenges of British Petroleum with the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico provide a clear set of lessons about the legacy any executive leaves.
Lesson One: A Leadership Legacy is Built in the Past
BP was a company under fire until a [...]
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PonderThis: Don’t Buy the Doom and Gloom
January 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Follow the Leaders, PonderThis, Thoughts on Life and Leadership
I am on the way to Washington DC for meetings today and have been reading the Year-in-Review articles and blogs. It is a pretty depressing way to pass a flight. I have never been a glass-half-empty kind of guy. But after reading enough year-end evaluations I could come away thinking that the only possible point [...]
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The Power of a Second Chance: What Michael Vick (and the Rest of Us) Can Learn from Ted Kennedy’s Life
August 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Sliding Down the Razor Blade of Life, Thoughts on Life and Leadership
Skilled leaders understand that if you are going to be on the line for decisions, you are going to make bad ones. But what takes the measure of a leader’s character and resilience is what they do with hardship born of their own poor decisions.
Michael Vick has been through a lot. His bad behavior will [...]
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Holding Ambiguity
July 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Follow the Leaders, Great Questions, PonderThis, Thoughts on Life and Leadership
Most of us like our decisions neat and tidy. Get the information. Make a decision. Move on. But skilled leaders understand that life (and leadership) are rarely that simple. The ability to hold ambiguity, and to let go of personal preference in favor of a bigger goal are often key to making progress on the [...]
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