Leadership

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The Loudest Duck

Laura Liswood | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Globalization, Leadership, Multinational Corporations, Career, Business, Diversity, Management, Workplace Diversity, Business News

Diverse companies can be much better and more creative, much more profitable and able to succeed globally, only if they are aware and conscious of all we bring in preconceived notions of who others are.

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What Artists Could Teach Goldman Sachs

Ruth Sherman | Posted 11.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Leadership, Goldman Sachs, Education, Elliot W. Eisner, Public Relations, Arts, Stanford University, Education Reform, Arts Education, Communication, Business News

As Goldman Sachs may be discovering, belatedly and to its chagrin, image matters. Perception is reality. Therefore, if we want business and government to do better by us, we need more arts education, not less.

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Friday Talking Points [102] -- Harry Reid's Glacial Progress Grinds On

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: 60 Votes, Leadership, White House, Debate, Floor, Ron Paul, Reform, Alan Grayson, Gray Hair, Eric Holder, Sarah Palin, Conyers, Amendments, John Kerry, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Democratic Caucus, Health Care, Majority Leader, Reid, Reconciliation, John Conyers, Conference Committee, Grey Hair, Kerry, Olympia Snowe, Democrat, Robert Byrd, Congress, Democrats, Paul, Election, Holder, Byrd, Barack Obama, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Mddotw, Harry Reid, State of the Union, Eating, Longest, Senate, Bill, Healthcare, Pumas, President Obama, Cloture, Filibuster, Obama, Democratic, Media, Democratic Party, Friday Talking Points, Grayson, Lieberman, Pelosi, 2010, Baucus, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Midterms, Skinny, Ksm, House, Attorney General, Matt Osborne, Puma, Thin, Midterm, Chris Weigant, Palin, Sotu, Max Baucus, Joe Lieberman, Party Unity My Ass, Osborne, Politics News

Harry Reid thinks he's got enough votes, but then this is the reason why the vote keeps getting pushed back -- because he's obviously still scrambling for the final few votes before he moves ahead.

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The Essence Of Great Leadership

Jack Canfield | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Leadership, Business, Relationships, Business Leaders, Employers, The Inner Life, Living News

Great leaders make it a habit to respond in ways that generate the outcomes they want, even during extremely tough experiences or events seemingly beyond their control.

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Learning From Sarah Palin

BJ Gallagher | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Success, Women, Leadership, Oprah Winfrey, Women Leaders, Going Rogue, Sarah Palin, Living News

Which is Sarah Palin? A good example or a horrible warning? The answer is both.

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Speaking Truth To Power: Where Are The Brave Leaders?

W. Hunter Roberts | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Corruption, House of Representatives, Moral Courage, Leadership, Courage, Heroes, Ego, Jesus, Survival, Cowardice, Living News

Moral courage often costs us the approval of those we think we need. Ego cannot fake or replace it; it comes from a deeper place. I dare say moral courage comes from love.

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You CAN make a difference!

Ellen Snortland | Posted 11.19.2009 | Impact

Read More: Now That She's Gone, Women's Rights, Leadership, Social Justice, Nepal, Bill Liao, Esra'a Al Shafei, Maggie Doyne, Re-Foresting, Lakshmi Venkatesan, Gender Equality, Global Transformation, Stone Soup, Udhr, Sustainability, Rebecca Self, Subhash Ghimire, Esgt, Impact News

The European Summit for Global Transformation started when a group of friends asked, "What if we got together everyone we knew who's up to big things on the planet?" The results have exceeded everyone's expectations.

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The Best Thing You Can Have Is Bad Intelligence

Simon Sinek | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Leadership, Walmart, Leaders, Intelligence, Inspiration, Start With Why, General Motors, Microsoft, Entrepreneurship, Motivation, Thought Leaders, Competitive Analysis, Corporate Culture, Wal-Mart, Culture, Business News

The greatest threat any organization can face is not its competition but its own success. With great success comes complacency -- the false belief that you are the best and that you don't have to worry.

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Resetting CEO Reputation

Dr. Leslie Gaines-Ross | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Leadership, Ceo Reputation, Reset Economy, World Economics Forum, Obama Economy, Businessweek, Obama Leadership, U.S. Economy, Corporate Responsibility, Economy, Corporate Greed, Business News

It is now time for CEOs to stand up and start rebuilding reputations, thereby resetting the path to future economic progress and moral authority.

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Learning To Love Yourself And Your Body

Susan Harrow | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Leadership, The Balanced Life, Amputee, Self Care, Healthy Body, Eating Disorders, Active, Confidence, Wellness, Triathlete, Weight Loss, Body Image, Body Image Mastery, Forget Perfect, Perfectionism, Self-Help, Negative Body Image, Triathlete Amputee, Healthy Eating, Athlete, Acceptance, Self Love, Look Better Naked, Women and Leadership, Self Esteem, Self-Esteem, Consciousness, Aging, Fitness, Self Mastery, Women Leaders, Self-Improvement, Living in the Moment, Relationships, Living News

Myers says that we can locate virtues inside our bodies. For example, she houses courage in her diaphragm. That's where she goes to find the energy to do a handstand in Yoga.

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Learning Leadership From the New York Yankees

Leslie Grossman | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Yankees, Leadership, Small Business, Baseball, World Series, Financial District, Parade, Derek Jeter, Business, New York, Joe Girardi, Diversity, New York News

I am obsessed with always looking at why and how people lead. Small businesses and corporations alike might consider looking at the success of the Yankees.

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There Is a Difference Between Direction and Directions

Simon Sinek | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Direction, Leadership, Leaders, Directions, Inspiration, Motivation, Management, Living News

Direction is the far-away destination to which you are heading and directions are the route you will take to get to get there.

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The Elections You May Not Have Noticed

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, President, Leadership, Elections, Demagogue, Campaign, Endorsement, Chattering Class, Sarah Palin, Republican, Third Party, Conservative, Marriage, Washington, Talk Show Hosts, Social Movements, Class, Rejection, Money, Mayor Bloomberg, Politics, Washington DC, Referendum, Election, Role of Government, Rush Limbaugh, Democrats, Domestic Partnership, Vote, Wall Street, Gay Marriage, Candidate, Glenn Beck, D.C., Partisan, Politics News

I think as people continue to see so much of politics as usual in this town -- partisan bickering and big money buying votes -- they are increasingly likely to vote against whatever represents the old politics for them.

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Changing Your Body Changes Your Self

Susan Harrow | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Meditation, Leadership, Aikido, Strozzi Institute, The Inner Life, Living News

Our bodies don't lie. In fact, they are obvious truth tellers if you know what to look for. So when we put ourselves into stressful situations, we all revert to our conditioned tendencies.

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Dialogue on Leadership in Uncertain Times: Session 5

Jan Birchfield, Ph.D | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Self Knowledge, Leadership, Being Fired, Leadership Development, Living News

Sometimes we have to get thrown out of a job in order to recognize that it wasn't a good fit. This is a challenge in a bad economy. Nonetheless, it is inspiring to watch what you are doing in the face of this challenge.

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Is the President Really in Charge?

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Leadership, Courage, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Timothy Geithner, Afghanistan, Vice President Cheney, Lawrence Summers, Politics News

Why else would Obama be thinking of sending thousands of troops to Afghanistan? Why would he have nearly abandoned a health care public option? What happened to getting rid of lobbyists?

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Existential Crisis: Our Business Frameworks Are Not Working

Paul David Walker | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Leadership, Small Business, Living News, Spirituality, Living News

In a recent interview with CNBC Joshua Cooper Ramo, author of The Age of the Unthinkable explained that the world has reached an existential crisis. H...

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Changing the World by Changing the Gender Gap

Leslie Grossman | Posted 11.02.2009 | World

Read More: Politics, Leadership, Gender Gap, Education, Iceland, United States, World, Women, Laura Tyson, Larry Summers, Women in Business, Business, World Economic Forum, Gender Gap Index, World News

There was good news and bad news in the Gender Gap Index. The good news is that the health and education gaps are being closed. The bad news is that the economic and political gaps are not.

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Now We Need Presidential Leadership

Jerry Fowler | Posted 10.30.2009 | World

Read More: Leadership, Sudan, Barack Obama, Darfur, Genocide, Foreign Policy, World News

President Obama's new Sudan strategy lays out a path for the administration to follow, and provides a basis for the advocacy community to hold the administration accountable.

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What Did We Learn From the Recession? Maybe Nothing

Stacey Radin | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Leadership, Innovation, Change, Business News

From the gender revolution to civil rights movement and now the financial crisis-our country takes the first few steps and then regresses to old paradigms of behavior and thought.

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Do Your HR Professionals Know How to Make Change?

Jon Younger | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Leadership, Human Resources, Business, HR Role, HR Professionals, Hr, Business News

HR professionals are uniquely positioned to help line managers identify and solve individual and team performance issues, but must have the skills to do so.

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Why Dont You Do It, Honey?

Marie Wilson | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Leadership, Politics, Women, Vel Phillips, Joanne Lipman, Politics News

Adding women to the workforce won't change much, but when we add them to corporate boardrooms and executive suites, anchor desks and political office, a change of attitude will inevitably follow.

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31 Reasons to Mind the Gender Gap

Susan Sawyers | Posted 11.02.2009 | World

Read More: Girls, Leadership, Politics, Women, Gender Gap, Education, Empowerment, Women and Politics, United States, Global Gender Gap Report, World Economic Forum, Saadia Zahidi, Laura Tyson, Ricardo Hausmann, Cherie Blair, Women's Funding Network, World News

When it comes to the gender gap, the United States is in a bad spot. Out of 134 countries, our democratic nation comes in 31st place.

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What Leaders Can Learn from a Baseball Umpire

Leslie Grossman | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: New York Yankees, Women, Leadership, New York Rangers, Bank of America, Alberto Gonzalez, New York Giants, Umpires, Kenneth Lewis, Women in Business, Tim McClelland, Politics News

After Game 4 of the ALCS, umpire Tim McClelland admitted that he made two bad calls. I was surprised, because we rarely hear those words from people in power, our so-called leaders.

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