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05.14.08
Drucker on Leadership: 3 unique traits & a one word definition
by Elizabeth Haas Edersheime
Through her interviews and correspondence with Peter Drucker, Ms Haas Edersheim has provided several insightful contributions to the Drucker legacy. This piece from last summer is one such item. Click the title above to read more... |
04.02.08
Next Generation Leaders Speak Out
A new report from the researchers at CompassPoint Nonprofit Services explores the ongoing discussion about a potential leadership shortfall... |
02.05.08
After the Interview
Everyone knows they should express their gratitude in writing following a job interview. Yet most applicants spend scant time writing such letters... Read Joann Lublin's piece from today's WSJ and see what most hiring managers think. Click title above to read more... |
1.10.08
The Higher Plane of Leadership (Blanchard & Miller)
..."Great leadership doesn’t start with what you know. It begins with a fundamental belief—a different motivation." Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller layout some basics with regards to servant-leadership in Leader to Leader Journal. |
10.15.07
Leadership & Communicating
Jeff Immelt, chairman and CEO, General Electric: Every leader needs to clearly explain the top three things... |
09.20.07
How top companies breed stars
The world's best companies realize that no matter what business they're in, their real business is building leaders. Here's how the champs do it. |
07.09.07
Drucker on leadership
The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say "I"... They don't think "I"... |
06.30.07
Enduring Success (HBR)
What seperates great companies from the merely good?... The conclusions took us by surprise... That is the subtitle of an intriguing article in the current Harvard Business Review. |
06.20.07
Executive Transitions
Leadership transitions are our business, and it is a complicated business at that. Here is a free (after registration) paper on nonprofit executive transitions from a grant maker's perspective. Many valuable points for Board members of for profit and nonprofit outfits... |
05.08.07
Leaders are readers!
If there is one thing that I know for sure, good leaders keep up with all that is being written and discussed in the marketplace. Here's a list of leadership titles that are due out this month...
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04.27.07
Integrity really does matter
This morning's Wall Street Journal has the story of the former Dean of Admissions for MIT; an early career lie cost her her career. Unfortunately, far too often people lie on their resumes. Our process includes a diligent checking of background records and if there is a lack of integrity, it comes out. MIT's story shows that even without such an intentional screening, this stuff gets out into the open. Integrity really does count. |
04.03.07
Partnership
According to Marcus Buckingham, former senior consultant with The Gallup Organization, partnership is key in today's world. |
3.27.07
A Grateful American II
The president of the Dalton Group executive search firm, Bret Dalton, received an incredible response from his letter to the Spokesman Review. The paper printed it in their Sunday edition coverage of Specialist Bell's funeral. He recently received an email from his mother. Read his reply... |
03.14.07
A Grateful American
In the course of serving our clients, I am on airplanes quite a bit. Last night's flight into Spokane began seemingly as a normal flight, but things were not as they seemed... |
02.09.07
The Study of Leadership - Drucker
Here is a relevant blurb from a Drucker talk in 1969. Additionally, here's a link to a solid leadership web resource, LeadershipNow... |
Jan 25, 2007
In Praise of the Incomplete Leader
In today's world, there is an impossible standard for most CEOs--Do it all and do it well, or you are a failure. This is a prescription for failure--probably catastrophic failure. The key is distributed leadership. |
December 9, 2006
Leadership Crisis: Real or not?
There are many in the marketplace decrying a shortage of leaders. Is this true or is it hype? Stayed tuned on this blog over the next months for some differing views and balanced consideration of reality. Starting with the excellent piece posted here on September 3rd (Stanford Social Innovation Review: The Leadership Deficit) and now this piece from The Conference Board Review: What Leadership Crisis?. |
October 13, 2006
The Business of Business
by Dallas Willard. What is the purpose of business in society? "Today the spontaneous response to this question is: The business of business is to make money for those who are engaged in it." Read reflections from thought-leader Dallas Willard as he reflects on the answer to this question from earlier ages. What were leaders like John Ruskin and Louis Brandeis saying about this "moral" pursuit in 1860 and the early 1900s?
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September 3, 2006
The Leadership Deficit
One of the biggest challenges facing nonprofits today is their dearth of strong leaders – a problem that’s only going to get worse as the sector expands and baby boom executives retire. Over the next decade nonprofits will need to find some 640,000 new executives, nearly two and a half times the number currently employed.
To meet the growing demand for talent, the author offers creative ways of finding and recruiting new leaders from a wide range of groups, including business, the military, and the growing pool of retirees
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July 17, 2006
Compensation: Linked to performance?
Here's some interesting survey data that speak to intentionality when setting up compensation plans. Do you think the highest paid execs in the 100 largest public tech companies get the best results? |
July 10, 2006
Learning lessons from failures
BusinessWeek's cover story for it's current issue shows just how hard it is in our society to get people to take risks since failure has been so severely punished in most settings. However, the business world is in the process of trying to rediscover the fact that lots of valuable lessons are learned by taking risks, and that failing can breed ultimate success... |
June 5, 2006
Developing visionary leaders...
Here's an interesting article containing several thought provoking ideas, like "nonprofit boards provide the breeding ground for businesses and communities to develop the next generation of leaders."
Read, think, act, and get better at what you do! |
April 20,2006
Dynamic Duos
Correctly, some wise old sage has said that leadership is a lonely business, but the right pair at the top of your organization can make all the difference... |
March 3, 2006
WSJ - Resume Trouble
RadioShack isn't the first company to face questions over its CEO credentials. Here are other incidents from recent years.
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