Part of the job of leaders is to provide an appropriate level of effort and challenge for our followers, in order to engage them. On the surface this seems to make sense. […]
Getting Stuff Done
Leaders get stuff done. Yes, this blinding glimpse of the obvious occurred to me last night. Recently I’ve been reflecting about what is important and what isn’t. I’ve come to the conclusion […]
#Strategy & Visions: Not Just Window Dressing
Last Saturday I attended my first PodCamp London. This “unConference” focused on new and social media. I enjoyed the informality of the event and the variety of people and topics it covered. […]
Assumptions & Stereotypes: Biasing Performance Assessments
“All done work? On vacation now?” These are a university professor’s favourite conversation starters in the spring. Most people assume that because I am not in a classroom that I’m not working. […]
#Leading from the Front Line
I finally understand the appeal of the show “Undercover Boss”. The premise of this reality show is that the boss of a large company dons a disguise to work on the front […]
#Leadership, Expectations & Teaching
Here is a newsflash for all managers. You have to teach people how to do things before you can expect them to do them well. This lesson became painfully clear to me […]
#Leadership & Learning: Have You Learned Anything Recently?
What have you learned recently? No, I don’t mean reflecting on life’s lessons. I mean what hard skill or idea have you picked up recently and used? If you aren’t constantly renewing […]
Why Can’t a Woman be More Like a Man?
There is a leadership gap. Women don’t hold as many leadership positions as men. According to Alice Eagly, only 2% of Fortune 500 CEO positions are held by women.There is no clear […]
#Leadership & Power: Good Girls Don’t Talk
Find “your voice”, “speak your mind”, if I hear this advice to women one more time, I think I’m going to scream. Why? Because at least for high powered women, speaking your […]
#Leadership: Emotions, Anger and Gender
Men can get angry at work, but women can’t. Really. A recent study from Victoria Brescoll and Eric Luis Uhlmann supports this fact. Adult men and women were shown videotapes of both […]
Strategic #Leadership & Ethical Practices
One of the roles of strategic leadership (Hitt & Ireland) is to emphasize ethical practices, which “serve as a moral filter through which potential courses of action are evaluated.” (p. 71) A […]
#Leadership: Human Capital & Motivation
Nations prosper when every one, including the poor, believe that they will profit fairly from investment and growth. When people believe that the spoils of prosperity are unequally and unfairly distributed, they […]