Mick Jagger got it right You can’t always get what you want…. It seems we go through life trying to accumulate things. Whether its power, organizations, career promotions, possessions … progress and self-worth is so often measured by stuff. We don’t always do it consciously. Accumulation of stuff, the desire to have things becomes almost
I’m rereading one of my favorite novels, Shantaram. Its dogeared, with underlinings, highlights and notes in the margins. And one line jumped out at me today: “She said I was interested in everything and committed to nothing.” How often do we complain that we can’t get everything done in a day? Too many priorities, too
Business and Pleasure: Advice from Rockefeller It is quite common for a high-powered individual to be a terribly unpleasant boss, yet a complete sweet heart at home. Many feel the need to compartmentalize their life, completely isolating work life from personal life. I believe many individuals fear that their career will be the only variable
How much of your day are you enjoying? What makes you happy? Do you pursue those things? As the famous William Wallace said: “Every man dies. Not every man really lives.” Make it count
When you have an open position on your team, how do you go about filling it? The pressures of filling an open position can be pretty tough. Its a key position and t is needed on teh team to help deliver key objectives. So time is of the essence. And yet we know that getting
The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis – Dante Alighieri The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it – Niccolo Machiavelli A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence – Dante Alighieri
Read this in Fast Company on Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn: “Starting a company is like throwing yourself off the cliff and assembling an airplane on the way down,” he tells Bloomberg, with all the velocity, time pressure, and mortality that implies…an the prospect of making something that can fly before you hit the ground.”
Being accessible to our people is important, but there is such a thing as being too accessible. On the one hand, being available to mentor and guide your employees is necessary for their development; necessary so that the perspective of your experience becomes a component of important decisions. As a leader, you are developing your
Can a manager be a coach? I think a manager’s obligation is to develop their employees both in practical tasks and leadership skills. While these are coaching attributes, I don’t believe that a manager can be a good coach for their employees, as coaching requires distance, perspective, the ability to coax the employee out of
As individuals we are tasked everyday to test our limits… Test our limits of understanding Test our limits of patience Test our limts of preseverance Test our limits of endurance It’s good to know your capabilities, to set goals and to reach for them, to stretch yourself and achieve more than you thought possible. But