The Language of Organizational Life
Today is Father's Day in the United States. I have wanted to write a post about the leadership lessons I learned from my father and well, today is the perfect day. As background my father is now retired from the San Francisco Police Department. He had a great career and his stories are endless. Yet,... Continue Reading →
We have all been there. You are in the middle of an important discussion at work and you wonder what the other person is thinking, but not saying. To be fair you are thinking, but not saying, too and you have your own assumptions and stories bouncing back and forth in your mind. Imagine if we could invoke "thought... Continue Reading →
You may have read this story this past week. A recent graduate from Yale died in a car accident on the way to meet her parents. A young promising life cut short; a terrible tragedy. Here name was Marina Keegan. Her story became widespread news when the piece she wrote for her commencement class hit the internet. It is a... Continue Reading →
There is a great story about growing responsibility as a leader from Steve Jobs of Apple. He told a story, often apparently, to all new Vice Presidents at Apple. It concerned the janitor who cleaned Steve's office each day. At one point Steve noticed that his trash bin in his office was not emptied each day. After... Continue Reading →
I recently read an article written by William J. Bennett who monitors the list of University commencement speakers each year. He is reviewing the trend on the chosen speakers and the message of these speakers. It is a terrific idea Mr. Bennett has here as it can tell us so much about where society stands (at least... Continue Reading →
I search for some depth in my career. Oh, I have breadth. I am a modern business manager. I have experienced a wide range of responsibilities with very separate and different groups reporting to me. I was there to understand just enough to keep it all rolling well. I had (and have) terrific management and staff working for... Continue Reading →
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