The CEO Paradox
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.
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Freedom at Midnight
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.
HBR – The Making of a Corporate Athlete
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Cultures and Norms
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
Writing Notes in the Margins
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,
A pleasure to serve !
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
Many words for something you shouldn’t do
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,
Michelangelo’s marble
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,
Try Sleeping With a Mosquito
Ghandi: ” the difference between what we do and could do, would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems” No- one I have ever met has been satisfied with, or proud of the state of our planet and the inequities and injustices that exist. And yet, we seem to make very little progress in
Guest Blog – Morten Damgaard
Engagement – you know you want it! All of us have at some point in our careers been at a place where we didn’t feel we got the engagement we needed from our manager. When you don’t get it you are a bit less motivated, a little less energized. Conversely, when you get it you