So many workshops and articles on innovation and creativity fail to get across the simplest idea of how it works. A challenge in cooking may seem a silly topic, but it is instructive. Cooks often need egg yolks and egg whites separated and separated in a hurry. Too often, the manual approach results in yolk […]
Friday, January 11, 2013
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At our monthly CEO group meeting, Lt. Cmdr. Leif Babin led a workshop based on his experience as a platoon leader of Navy Seals as well as his years building and delivering a training syllabus for Seals. It was a very different and worthwhile (not to mention stimulating) workshop. Highlights of the workshop include the […]
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Comments Off on To the Boss: Is the Stress Epidemic Sapping Your Leadership Team?
To the Boss: Is the Stress Epidemic Sapping Your Leadership Team Constant fire drills. 24 x 7 connectedness. Pressure to outperform just to stay even. I hear about these from direct reports with increasing frequency as they lament how much energy and mindshare are devoted to what may not, in the end, lead to success […]
Friday, January 4, 2013
Comments Off on Silence of the Leader
Author Junot Diaz, interviewed by Bill Moyers about the focus of his writing said he finds the silence in the community and then inhabits it, brings it to people’s attention, causes the conversation that should have taken place. The idea applies to leaders and, for people in my profession to be effective, to leadership coaches. […]
Countless more ordinary people of equal talent never developed the leadership core required to run the show. Why not?
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Comments Off on To the Boss: Go Suck an Egg (an example of innovation and creativity)