Every Sunday the New York Times interviews executives who have a special message about or insight into leadership and their personal techniques for success. In this blog, I’d like to cover the essential points about leadership as described by James P. Hackett, president and CEO of Steelcase, the office furniture company based in Grand Rapids,...Read More

Used to be that everyone thought the CIO was prey for the CFO.  But times have fortunately changed, with more collegial and valuable relationships being established between the two roles. In “So, You’re the Boss of the CIO.  Now What?” of March 1st in CFO.com, the author cites results of  a LinkedIn survey that asked...Read More

Jonathan Alter, a well-known author, recently wrote an article in August for Business Week entitled “A Checklist for Change.”  While Mr. Alter most often writes about politics, what could be more appropriate than his writing about management?  Politics and management are inextricably linked.  Committees are inescapable in both arenas. The premise of the article —...Read More

I came upon a new blog entirely by accident.  Normally I scan blogs and never view them again.  But this one was different.  It’s entitled Treasury Cafe and is written by David Waltz.  He has many important things to say and his style is simple and straightforward, which I think all lessons should be. His...Read More

The University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School publishes straightforward and practical research articles across a broad spectrum of management topics.  In their latest, entitled Talent Builders: Lead the Way in Developing Your People, the three authors describe why ‘developing talent is a long-term investment that must be executed by line leaders in an organization.’...Read More

In this Sunday’s New York Times, I feel an exceptional leader was interviewed.  Laurel Richie is the president of the W.N.B.A.  During her interview, she cited numerous examples of how all leaders can do better, proving that a leader need not be a CEO or COO. The article was entitled “Tell Me Your Idea (and...Read More

Have you ever considered the frequency of disruption?  Have you ever thought about the term ‘creative disruption’ as a synonym for ‘creative destruction’?  (Creative destruction is most readily identified with Austrian-American economist Joseph Schumpeter and describes the way in which capitalist economic development arises out of the destruction of some prior economic order.)  And have...Read More

The McKinsey Quarterly is full of rich material for coaches. In their most recent quarterly review, they published an article entitled “How Leaders Kill Meaning at Work.”  This appeared at the same time I read remarks from Bob Moritz, PwC‘s U.S. Chairman and Senior Partner, which are supportive of a strong, competent and content workforce...Read More

Last week I wrote about the results of a poll taken during my presentation to the LinkedIn group HR.com.  Quickly summarizing the results, there is: Dissatisfaction with IT implementation results Little integration between IT and business management processes Infrequent investment in coaching technologists Ongoing communication ineffectiveness between the parties that build technology and those who...Read More

Last week I had the opportunity to present to the HR.com LinkedIn community on the failure of communication between IT and non-IT managers, the subject at the heart of my coaching practice.  The format encourages the use of polls, which I took advantage of throughout the presentation because I wanted to know answers to questions...Read More