How to Assess Your Next Leader
On objective measures, leaders can be easy to vet. Subjectively, I suggest one diligence question that trumps them all… We talk and read a lot about professional values…Values that range […]
Entries by Geoff Wilson
The New England Patriots and Uncanny Perfection
As the New England Patriots may be showing, the best evidence of a poseur, cheat, or a fraud is uncanny perfection. This article is about how outlying behavior without explanation […]
8 Things Your Consultants Say About You
The presence of consultants in your organization is a powerful indicator of your strength or weakness as a leader. It’s basically impossible to move through life without using a consultant. […]
Deflated Footballs and Minor Ethical Lapses
If a lapse of ethics can’t be connected to the outcome, does it matter at all? There has been an interesting meme accompanying the “deflategate” news about the New England […]
The One About Performance
Performance is the prerequisite for any professional or organization. It is the heartbeat of the body. In December I posted an article on the lights of leadership. In the midst […]
Where strategy gets real
A company’s budget shows what its strategy really is.
How to Punch Through Adversity
A renewed focus on individual and organizational entrepreneurship provides a “puncher’s chance” when dealing with ambiguity and adversity. On November 5, 1994, an object lesson in responding to adversity occurred. […]
Lighting the Lights of Leadership
We bring light as leaders through deliberate and constant focus on doing so. I invite you to share examples below. Here we sit in the middle of the holiday season. […]
Strategic Implications of Clark Griswold’s Turkey
Clark Griswold’s turkey was an object of art on the outside, and a hollow mess on the inside. So are some strategic plans. Have the courage to call them what […]
The End of Honesty?
I came across this article by Victor Davis Hanson on the prevalence of lying to advance agendas of all sorts. Link I admit, it struck me as a very timely […]
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