Tag Archives: leadership

Feeling like the success of your business or organization is a constant up-hill battle? You look around to see the competition’s success rate is soaring, which leaves you wondering what’s not right at your home base. Maybe you sense high tensions within your company or organization. There could be any number of reasons completely out Read More

  Tolkien’s creativity has captured our imaginations for generations, but more importantly his stories tap into some everyday truths and topics like communication and leadership. From addressing unlikely friendships like that of Gimli the dwarf and Legolas the elf to the large picture struggle between good and evil, these stories are timeless. Maybe the most fascinating thing Read More

In order to address this question we have to first discuss the difference between leaders and managers.  Both are important to the success of an organization or institution, but there is a fundamental philosophical and operational difference between a leader and a manager. And the differences become even more compelling in government. In simple terms: Read More

Just the other day, I learned that there is a crime gang out there, that tattoos the necks of their victims with a barcode, which serves as an identifier.  Aside from its obvious terroristic approach, and dehumanizing effects, it got me thinking how this crazy idea could be applied to leadership.  As experienced leaders know, Read More

The current events which took place in Libya over the past couple of days, have not only created a dangerous climate for everyday citizens of the country, and killed innocent lives, but have also catapulted the malicious reign of  medieval religious conflicts across the globe.     You have read various articles on conflict in the Read More

“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.” –Eleanor Roosevelt Sydney Finkelstein studied 50 companies that were at the top of the food chain but soon plummeted. Some of which included, Enron, Tyco, WorldCom, Rubbermaid, and Schwinn. In his research, he found that the senior executives at Read More