September 11, 2014
Looking around the news of the world, I see three basic “camps.” I’m thinking of these “camps” as ways of reacting/responding to the fast-changing world we all face today. The first I’ll call the “Stand Your Ground” camp. This camp is generally uninterested in change. It’s mainly reactive to the world as it unfolds, always strategizing how to maintain the […]
October 31, 2013
I’ve often written about the slow death of the authoritarian leader – envisioning the demise of command and control thinking as the prevailing force in organizational life. It is slow going – isn’t it? At least it feels that way to me – even as an “observer” in my role as a consultant. The power issue hangs over us. Although […]
October 24, 2013
Mindsets aren’t a new concept to me. I’ve been working with my own for a long time. I’m now conscious that I’ve constructed walls and obstacles that are buried deep within my thinking patterns. I’ve also had the good fortune to understand that many of these blocks in my thinking aren’t even my own. I inherited them or was taught […]
February 13, 2013
Note: In my last post, I Want to Know More About You, I referenced research that looked at the ways in which emotional repression is built into our social landscape, especially affecting men. So I decided to reprise the article below because the more I experience, the more emotional suppression I see in every type of workplace. It’s woven into […]
November 8, 2012
For Americans, this has been a powerful time to think about leadership. Within a week, we have seen a large segment of our population ravaged by “superstorm” Sandy; a week later, a President re-elected. What do we want from our leaders? Who are they? What really matters to them – and us? What will leadership look like a generation from […]
April 26, 2012
“Small is the number of them that see with their own eyes and feel with their own heart.” Albert Einstein My Google search for leadership turned up 499,000,000 results. It’s a well-covered topic with every nook and cranny explored. What more is there to say? There is general agreement that leadership models are changing dramatically. To be sure we’re still in […]