Sex sells. That's no secret, and because it does, it's everywhere in our contemporary society. We live in a consumer society, and sales are the life-blood of a consumerism. And sex is the sizzle in our consumer blood.Everywhere else we are treated to the increasing number of sex crimes and scandals in the local news. Yesterday, a 71 year-old mobile library bus driver in the Columbus area was busted raping an old woman with Alzheimer's. Several...more
5 Leadership and Life Lessons from John Wooden John Wooden passed away on June 4, 2010, at age 99.If you are a basketball fan, just saying the name John Wooden is all that is needed to know you are speaking of coaching excellence.If you don`t know basketball, I could go on longer than any of us want giving you Coach Wooden`s biography. But, I`ll summarize in a few words:John Wooden won 10 national championships in 12 years (the closest any...more
It is the quality of people that makes an organization. People are the real assets of the company. Every top leader knows this and every industry today fights the problem of retaining its talented people.Employee retention is a persistent problem that plagues the industries today. There are plenty of opportunities for talent. Top talent is always in demand and loyalty is not seen as that big a virtue, so poaching is thriving and headhunters are having a field day. What exactly can you do to keep your flock with you? How do you retain your talented people?Top performers always want to work with top companies that have good practices, impressive branding and excellent management. You need to have a vision for the company and you need to work towards it. If you work at making your company one of the bests, you will instead be attracting the best yourself, instead of chasing it. Either you love them or you lose them to your competitors. The HR department plays a very important role in employee retention. Your HR staff needs to be efficient in understanding distress signals. If any distess signals are found, the fire fighting mode should be on. Recognizing talent and then rewarding it -...more
Abundance Leadership James (name changed) is a brilliant CEO. I had the chance to work closely with him years ago. He was a top graduate of an Ivy League university and acknowledged by the investment community as a sharp leader. I learned from James the importance of competitive management. James knew every single figure of his competitors'...more
Top Leadership Problem – Poor Implementation of Strategy We are watching the spinning gate for top officers whirl faster and faster. Two-thirds of all large firms globally have fired their top officer at least once since 1995. More than 1,000 CEOs have left office over the past 12 months. In 2000, over 40 CEOs of the top 200 companies were...more
Pushing the Leadership Envelop It can be interpreted in a variety of ways depending upon who is looking. I have seen people drive themselves and their teams hard in the quest to achieve results. There is nothing wrong with that, provided the furious activity results in creating desired velocity (a product of speed and direction) in an environment conducive to learning and growth.When organisations and leaders decide on a policy to push the envelope, which can not be a continuous process for fear of early burnout, there are few pertinent issues which merit consideration.Firstly, the 15 percent theory must be applied diligently to ascertain the velocity required to be generated. The intent must be very clearly debated, designed and conceived to provide the doctrinal umbrella under which the organisation should operate.Secondly, the ownership of ideas should be transferred to the people responsible to execute the desired missions. This calls for flattening of hierarchies and creating an environment of trust and faith. It should lay down the parameters of work culture reducing one up man ship in the organisation.Thirdly, the empowerment module under such conditions requires...more
On the list of inner secrets of leadership is that they understand to return and rebuild. Occasionally, you might have to go back again to all individuals folks that laughed at you, to people who criticized you and to those that said you would never...more
True Leadership - The Glass is Always Half Full I found it rather perplexing just recently when I sent an email commending a certain manager to his supervisors and system owners, praising his good qualities against the more 'average'...more
The Benefits of Leadership Consulting "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." – John Quincy Adams.Great leaders are not born but they are bred. Of course one can be expected to...more
Adaptive Skills Leadership I few years ago my company's management visited a nuclear plant. The safety briefing, the radioactivity tests and the security procedures added to the excitement of this visit. A nuclear plant is managed like no...more
Leadership Consulting - The Importance of Recognizing Leadership Risk CEOs and chairmen of companies realize that leadership risk is as important to the organization as are the finance needs and other aspects that help to keep it running...more
Exploring The 3Rs of Leadership The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. - Stephen Covey It's summertime here in the United States and that means many people are slowing down, taking time off, going on vacation. Nothing...more