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Leadership Transformed: How Ordinary Managers Become Extraordinary Leaders Peter Fuda New Harvest/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2013) How and why leadership transformation can only be understood by thinking holistically. There are at least two ways to view the title of this book…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Sophia McDougall for NewStatesman in which objects to the fact that “Sherlock Holmes gets to be brilliant, solitary, abrasive, Bohemian, whimsical, brave, sad, manipulative, neurotic, vain, untidy, fastidious, artistic, courteous, rude,…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Patrick Lencioni for his “Pat’s POV” series featured at his website. To read the complete article, check out all the other resources, and sign up for email alerts, please click here.…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn. To read the complete article, please click here. * * * This image was recently emailed to one of the senior-most technology executives at LinkedIn. In…
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Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Clara Lippert Glenn, C.E.O. of…
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It is generally known that Archimedes of Syracuse (287–212 BC) was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. Although few details of his life are known, he is regarded as one of the leading scientists in classical antiquity. Among…
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“Walking around management” is one of several core competencies that are featured in Tom Peters and Bob Waterman’s business classic, In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-Run Companies, published by Harper & Row (1986). They had observed it during…
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Compelling People: The Hidden Qualities That Make Us Influential John Neffinger and Matthew Kohut Hudson Street Press/Penguin Group (2013) How and why, only when we cultivate both strength and warmth in our lives are we “worthy of admiration” John Neffinger…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Maria Popova for her website, Brain Pickings, in which she addresses phenomena with which almost anyone can identify: Details of the world in which we live that we do not…
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Nicole Lipkin on “Five Steps for Active Listening”
In What Keeps Leaders Up at Night: Recognizing and Resolving Your Most Troubling Management Issues, published by AMACOM, Nicole Lipkin offers a wealth of information, insights, and counsel on how to accelerate personal growth and personal development. I am especially…
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