Mark L. Grossman

Coaching Report — “It’s an Advantage”

Mark Grossman — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:16:38 +0000

Coaching continues on the increase among executives. its not seen as a “fix” but rather an “advantage”. A new study on the different forms of coaching, the benefits and how to get the most out if the experience.

Source: FastCompany

Wise Leaders vs. Dumb Leaders

Mark Grossman — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 01:15:13 +0000

Wikipedia defines wisdom as: “a deep understanding and realization of people, things, events or situations, resulting in the ability to apply perceptions, judgements and actions in keeping with this understanding. It often requires control of one’s emotional reactions so that universal principles, reason and knowledge prevail to determine one’s actions.”. Sometimes leaders do dumb things albeit well intentioned. In this article, wisdom and leadership is explored in an interesting way.

Source: Forbes

5 Management Lessons From , Yup, Gardening!!!

Mark Grossman — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 01:01:15 +0000

It never ceases to amaze me where and how lesson are learned. In this article, the author compares growing plants with growing a successful business through people and gives pointers on how to do it!!!

Source: Forbes

The Gupta Case – An embarrassment not only for the executives at McKinsey

Mark Grossman — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 03:18:43 +0000

The insider trading scandal convicting Rajat Gupta of conspiracy and securities fraud is not just an embarrassment for the executives of McKinsey. We, as management consulting professionals, pride ourselves in maintaining the highest of professional standards in all respects always. Now, here is the ex head of the most prestigious management consulting company abusing his access to confidential information. This is an embarrassment for all of us who live by the high standards of integrity.

Source: New York Times

Entrepreneurs Recognize And Pursue Opportunity, Even In The Toughest Markets

Mark Grossman — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 20:51:19 +0000

“Great entrepreneurs know how to recognize an opportunity and aggressively pursue it. They know how to attack a need in the marketplace with real, valuable solutions, even in the toughest markets.”

Source: Forbes

7 Future Forces Not to be Ignored

Mark Grossman — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 13:04:47 +0000

From futurist Bob Johansen…..

Two new forces — what Johansen calls “known unknowns” — will play out in the next 10 years: digital natives and cloud-served supercomputing. Both are obvious and yet “wildly unpredictable.”

Digital natives — those 16-years-old or younger in 2012 — will be “a disruptive force on a scale that we cannot yet imagine.” We know this is the first generation raised in a world of connectivity and social media — yet we don’t know how this will change their brains or behavior. Similarly, we can only see a glimpse of the impact of cloud-served supercomputing. Johansen argues that this technology will enable and amplify the biggest innovation opportunity in history: reciprocity-based innovation.

Five other forces in the IFTF forecast are:

Diasporas: New emerging economies. New diasporas will be values-linked social networks amplified by social media. Some diasporas will be rooted in history, others will be more modern such as climate-change diasporas, rural-to-urban diasporas, and bio-diasporas of people who share biological traits or health conditions. Diasporas often have a strong insider/outsider dynamic and leaders must understand and engage with them.
Civil Society: What will we choose to do together? There are many different ways to mix business, government, nonprofit and community interests all over the globe. Governments, markets and people will interact in complex ways in the future, and there will be many new opportunities to improve civic infrastructure and our ability to cooperate. Corporations are often more technologically advanced and faster to change than governments. Still, we need at least some common infrastructure and shared services to succeed.
Food: The flashpoint for rich-poor conflict. Over the next decade, food and water will be scarce in many parts of the world, and food safety will be a continuing challenge for all. Distribution of food will be just as important as producing it. The rich-poor gap will be largely a gap between the well-fed and the hungry.
Ecosystems: Navigation of life. Global climate disruption will be a storm cloud over the next decade and beyond. Leaders in the next decade will not just be leading organizations; they will be leading life and influencing the climate for generations ahead.
Amplified Individuals: Extending the human body. While many people will struggle to live at all, others will be healthier than normal and a few may enjoy much longer life spans. Minds, bodies and networks will all be connected in novel and powerful ways to create extended individuals who are amplified in ways we can only begin to imagine.

Source: Center For Creative Leadership

Being a Developmental Manager

Mark Grossman — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 12:56:38 +0000

Source: Great Leadership

Why Buy Facebook?

Mark Grossman — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:53:56 +0000

Best rationale yet for why Facebook will be economically successfully. I’m particularly drawn to Facebook credits as a business.

Source: Forbes

How to Pick and Stick to Career Goals

Mark Grossman — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:38:13 +0000

I always admired “kids”, MBA students as well as my own, who knew exactly what they wanted career-wise. I sure didn’t and sort of fell into consulting by being transferred around to different posts with Citibank. I finally realized I love the variety and problem solving — I am a consultant!!!! This article adds insight into choosing and sticking to career goals.

Source: Forbes

The Steve Jobs Way

Mark Grossman — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:20:48 +0000

My alma mater Booz & Co. publishes an interesting dissection of Jobs as a leader. I think he was a once in a century type of leader who didn’t have to learn any leadership theory or management principles. He was a true visionary who followed his gut whatever the fallout. His driving force was “perfection” in all aspects and no classroom theory would move him from his principles. 99.9% of us do not have what he had so we need to learn “how to” lead to be successful. He had it in him.

Source: Strategy and Business