Thomas R Horton writes: “The best executives I know are change makers. They’re imbued with intellectual curiosity. They want to know what makes things work. What the relationship is between this and that. They are excited by ideas. They read widely and deeply. Their interests are incredibly diverse, their lives rich and balanced. Balanced at
When you are hiring a member of your team, you are really interviewing for three jobs: 1. This individual will have tactical day-to-day responsibilities for which they are accountable. You will rely on them to execute on those accountabilities, and to build and lead an organization to drive results forward. Here you are looking for
The CEO Paradox by Thomas R. Horton Excellent book describing some of the leadership traits and challenges facing CEOs. Delivers a good understanding general leadership qualities.
Freedom at Midnight by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins The definitive book on the handover of India by the British in 1947, the creation of India and Pakistan.
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The culture that you want to instill , and the norms of behavior that sit behind them are critical to setting the tone of your corporation and motivating your organization. But how do you establish a global culture in a global multi-cultural organization, and still maintain the respect of local cultures? I was talking to
When I’m reading a good book I will underline passages and write notes in the margins. And later I come back to those parts of the book and re- absorb them. In business, when we are absorbing and evaluating information, it’s good to mentally underline and write notes in the margins; and then step back,
I showed up at Changi airport in Singapore at 5 am for my flight to Sydney; they had no record of my reservation. With not much time and no way to reach the travel agent I was anxious to say the least! The agent said there were no seats available for him to release in
Its amazing how many words there are for something we shouldn’t do: Procrastinate – delay, put off doing Synonyms: adjourn, be dilatory,dally, dawdle, defer, drag, drag one’s feet, give the run around, hesitate, hold off, lag*, let slide, linger, loiter, pause, play a waiting game, play for time, postpone, prolong, protract, retard, stall, stay, suspend,
I read a sermon a pastor gave about vision. He speaks of a large flawed block of marble in a quarry in the 1400s that lay for 40 years because no-one saw a use for it. Until a 26 year old man came upon it and saw within that slab of marble, a graceful man,
