April is National Poetry Month and I would like to suggest that you spend a little time with a poet this weekend. You might not think of poetry as fair game for a leadership blog. But that is only if you have not encountered David Whyte.
Through both his books and his poetry, David has a [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Leadership, Literature and Myth'
PonderThis: Leadership and Poetry?
April 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Leadership, Literature and Myth, PonderThis
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Scylla and Charybdis – Protecting the Brand
February 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Follow the Leaders, Leadership, Literature and Myth
One of the most challenging issues leaders must face is the balancing of short-term return vs. long-term value. In ideal circumstances, a leader will strive to balance polarized needs. The split between short term and long term is difficult territory to navigate. Deciding for one is too often at the cost of another, especially [...]
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PonderThis: Opportunity Passes Quickly
December 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Leadership, Literature and Myth, PonderThis
I have been in Norway and the UK this week and the papers are full of scandal, controversy and panic. But I also sat in on a strategy conversation with a leadership team who reminded me of something easily forgotten in tough times. Opportunity is most easily grabbed early. It is harder to grasp and [...]
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Freedom and Responsibility
July 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Leadership, Literature and Myth, Playing a Bigger Game, Thoughts on Life and Leadership
July the 4th is a day when we in the US honor freedom. We are not of course the only free nation in the world as we sometimes like to think. July 4th is the date we associate with our Declaration of Independence- one of the most powerful documents ever written. If you have never [...]
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Business Zombies: When Ideas Outlive Their Use
June 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Follow the Leaders, Leadership, Literature and Myth
What happens when an idea outlives its usefulness? What about ideas that do not change with the times? One of my executive book clubs took on their own inventory of dead and dying ideas- or ones that should be removed from life support after reading and debating The Tyranny of Dead Ideas.
Author Matt Miller, a [...]
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