SUMMARY One person can make a difference in the well-being of a company if they “get it” when others don’t. If you fail to hire such people, if you do not include them in the discussion during a crisis, you are more likely to see a problem worsen or repeat. What makes them different? They […]
Saturday, December 3, 2016
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BACKGROUND A large non-U.S. investment house has brought to life a new internal entity that deals with higher risk and higher reward than anything the firm has experienced. Further, it is imagined as an imminent global powerhouse in New York, Europe and Asia. Questions: Why might this laudable internal intrapreneurial effort work? Because they have […]
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
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EXPERIENCE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, ACADEMIA AND NOT FOR PROFIT WORLD In decades of experience with leaders in companies, universities and hospitals, nothing beats active listening for great problem-solving, consensus building and choices which deserve and get buy-in by the most people. What is active listening? Asking questions and really listening so well that you […]
Saturday, November 5, 2016
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Background In our last post (Narcissists, Psychopaths and Other CEOs), we reviewed lessons from Professor Adrian Furnham on CEOs on the under-weighting of knowable negative factors to desired strengths in vetting CEOs. These negative traits often lead leaders to de-rail. Lessons from My Own World One of my clients is U.S. leader for a parent […]
Countless more ordinary people of equal talent never developed the leadership core required to run the show. Why not?
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
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