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

Change Management Matters We know from many studies that unless a change management program accompanies a major technology implementation, the success rate of the project drops precipitously.  The ROI implications of the failure are significant, damaging further the relationship between IT and business managers. According to “Developing Better Change Leaders” by McKinsey, ‘few companies can...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

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

McKinsey Quarterly just published “Winning the Battle for Technology Talent.”  Its premise is that technology talent can be hard to find, though executives can ‘learn how to develop, retain and recruit good people.’ What drew my attention was a reference about technology talent that lacks ‘stars’ who can engage business managers.  For those who read...Read More

Hunter Muller of HMG Strategy runs a really appealing series of CIO network conferences.  In his update from a recent summit, he features Saad Ayub, SVP and CIO of Scholastic Corporation, the world’s largest distributor and publisher of children’s books and a leader in educational technology and children’s media. As a panelist, Mr. Ayub talked...Read More

A friend of mine works in California as an in-house coach, most recently specializing in the area of bullying in the workplace, which is more prevalent than most would suspect, not to mention the whole larger subject of bullying in schools.  She sent me an article on coaching abrasive leaders and I wanted to share...Read More