Always Do It Again Like the First Time…
Is the secret to life and professionalism finding the ability to lead, love, and perform with the fervor you once had? Remember the first time you had to really perform […]
Entries by Geoff Wilson
The Last and Largest Burden of Leadership Communication
If you are the leader, it’s your responsibility to ensure understanding. I had an amusing reminder of a critical communication concept a few months ago. It was one of those wake up […]
6 Challenges Today’s Executives Face
Periodically, I’ll post on some of the implicit but common executive challenges I observe while carrying out my practice. This is one of those posts… The context of this post […]
When Jazz is Your Leadership Style…Leave the Symphony!
If you lead like a jazz artist, then trying to conform to a leadership culture that runs like a symphony might not be the best thing for you or the […]
The Pornographication of Motivation and Values
Distilling motivation to dollars, penalties, or positive thinking may leave something out… A day or so ago, I came across a post via my LinkedIn feed. It has now disappeared, probably […]
What To Do When You Can’t Save Everyone
In times of strategic tension, change, and stress; be sure to use the strengths you have to create the value you can. This post was inspired by some commentary on […]
Avoid The Focus Group of One
The broader your sphere of influence, the broader your sphere of listening has to be. Don’t let conviction get in the way of listening to others. Mature professionals listen. But, […]
When “Strategic” Cost Reduction is Really Just Whacking…
Cost reduction is easy…Doing it right is hard. Any strong, financially based view of productivity must address the cost side of the equation. So, we are faced with the […]
There Are No Executive Training Wheels
Once you are an executive, the future is now… Ben Horowitz of Loudcloud and Andreeson-Horowitz fame posted a while back on “The Sad Truth About Developing Executives.” Here’s a LINK. I encourage […]
Yahoo and The Danger of Irrelevant Benchmarks
Morgan Stanley says that relative to Facebook, Yahoo is fat. Well…Relative to Usain Bolt, we are all slow. Morgan Stanley has posted a report on Yahoo that urges Yahoo’s CEO […]
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