Wise Leaders vs. Dumb Leaders
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!!!
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
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
“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
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…
Being a Developmental Manager
Source: Great Leadership
How to Pick and Stick to Career Goals
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
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…
The Five Personalities of Innovators: Which One Are You?
An interesting article in innovation. “No one group can be considered the purest “entrepreneurial group,” but Movers and Shakers and Experimenters may be the closest. They have the strongest tendency to be internally driven, in control and bridle the most at others telling them what to do. ” Being internally driven is the strongest motivator of them all — no rewards need be promised, no punishment or threats — just the pure joy of “doing and being” the best!!!! Source: Forbes
The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs
Walter Isaaccson, author of the best selling biography on Steve Jobs reacts to how many readers have focused on the rough side of Job’s personality. In this update, he focuses on the real leadership lessons we can all take away from this extraordinary man. Focus, simplify, take end to end responsibility, leapfrog, product before profit, don’t be a slave to focus groups, bend reality, “impute”, push for perfections, tolerate only “A”players, engage face to face, know both the big picture and the details,combine both the…
