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The Communicators: Leadership in an Age if Crisis Richard S. Levick with Charles Slack Watershed Press (2010) Effective leadership as demonstrated by mindset-guided and values-driven behavior Written by Richard Levick with Charles Slack, this is definitely not an “easy read”…
Read MoreAn experienced chief executive tells leaders how to make every workplace encounter more productive and engaging. Here is an excerpt from an especially interesting and informative Gallup Management Journal Q&A with Douglas Conant, former CEO of the Campbell Soup Company…
Read MoreHacking Work: Breaking Stupid Rules for Smart Results Bill Jensen and Josh Klein Portfolio/Penguin Group (2010) To what does the title of this book refer? According to the co-authors, Bill Jensen and Josh Klein, “Today’s top performers are taking matters…
Read MoreAdam 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 This interview with Enrique Salem,…
Read MoreGary Namie (Ph.D., Social Psychology) and Ruth Namie (Ph.D., Clinical Psychology) started the U.S. workplace bullying movement in mid-1997 after Ruth’s personal experience at the hands of a tyrannical woman supervisor in a psychiatry clinic. The Drs. Namie began the first and only U.S.…
Read MoreExpect the Unexpected (or You Won’t Find It): A Creativity Tool Based on the Ancient Wisdom of Heraclitus Roger von Oech Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2002) The fact that von Oech draws heavily upon the “ancient wisdom of Heraclitus” in this book…
Read MoreHere is an article written by Steve Tobak for BNET, The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. * * …
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When smart people are bad employees
Here is an except from a post featured at Ben’s Blog where Ben Horowitz shares his wit and wisdom about the most important business issues. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up for a free subscription,…
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