How To Troubleshoot Change
May 23, 2008
The following matrix was presented in a chapter titled A Framework for Thinking About Systems Change by Timothy P. Knoster, Richard A. Villa, and Jacqueline S. Thousand, that appeared in Restructuring for Caring and Effective Education: Piecing the Puzzle... Read more...
Imagine Time Is a House With Four Rooms
May 21, 2008
Dondi Scumaci relates the following analogy on time management in her book Designed For Success: Imagine time is a house with four rooms, and all of your activities, tasks, and commitments must be placed into one of them. Each room has a name, and the... Read more...
Golda Meir: A Study in Leadership
May 20, 2008
I knew a man that met with Golda Meir in 1971. He said that she was no ordinary woman. Yet, he said, paradoxically that was because she was such an ordinary woman. He described her as "an exceptionally intelligent, capable, balanced and understanding... Read more...
A Navigation System for Women in the Workplace
May 16, 2008
Dondi Scumaci has written a book – Designed For Success – to help women navigate their careers. She says, “I am passionate about helping people release their potential so they can have real impact, leverage their God-given talents and maximize opportunities... Read more...
Out of Context: More Isn’t Better. Better Is Better
May 15, 2008
Most presentations aren’t better for being longer, most conference calls aren’t better for being extended, most meetings aren’t more productive because you spent more time in the room. It’s just that in this age of super-sizing everything from... Read more...
Learning Requires Personal Responsibility
May 14, 2008
The Harvard Business Press is publishing some of the classic articles from past issues of the Harvard Business Review in handy pocket-size book form. This month they are releasing Teaching Smart People How to Learn by Chris Argyris. It first appeared... Read more...
Is Your Problem Self-Correcting?
May 9, 2008
From the Pick Your Battles Department comes some well-phrased, good advice from Bryan Hurlbut from his book Making It Count. I’ve adapted a few excerpts to give you the main idea: With so many battles raging around us, it’s important to realize our... Read more...
Out of Context: Great Followership Is Harder Than Leadership
May 7, 2008
"It’s no surprise that books on leadership, promising to revel the secrets of countless football coaches and historical figures as disparate as Moses and Attila the Hun, outnumber those on followership several thousand to one. After all, leadership... Read more...
Fortune: The Best Advice I Ever Got
May 6, 2008
Fortune magazine asked 19 people for the best advice that most influenced their lives. Here are several excepts from that feature: General David Petraeus: Commanding general, multinational force – Iraq The bottom line is that seriously bright folks... Read more...
Learning Leadership the Hard Way
May 6, 2008
Innovator and leader, Dov Frohman asserts that leadership must be learned the hard way—by doing it. In Leadership the Hard Way, Frohman likens the situation confronting today’s leaders to a pilot flying through a thunderstorm. “It is precisely... Read more...
