Wow, its been a busy summer. So much so that I have not been able to practice what I preach and write my thoughts down. I have at least maintained my reading schedule to keep myself semi-sane (and for those of you who know me well, that’s even a stretch). I picked up an interesting . . . → Read More: Stress, how do we deal with it?
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Leadership is a double edged sword. On the one hand, leaders who are too controlling make their people feel uncomfortable making decisions. On the other hand, leaders who don’t provide enough guidance create a culture that fosters inconsistency and lacks goals. Both extremes cause passive aggressive behaviors that break down corporate culture and damage trust. . . . → Read More: What Causes Passive Aggressive Behaviors at Work? I watch several blogs because they provide outstanding insights. All of them post with sporadic frequency but I was concerned when Ed Batista stopped posting for over a month on his blog “Executive Coaching and Change Management”. I started to worry about his health or was afraid that he’d lost interest. Many blog entries I’ve . . . → Read More: Web 2.0 is Creating New Rules for Communication I was asking a friend for advice about situations at work and he asked me if I journal-ed (as if it were a verb!) I told him I’d tried a few times to put things down on paper but that I’d never really been able to maintain the habit. He asked me what time of . . . → Read More: The Act of Journaling Yesterday I sat down and started to write out the different job functions I hear about in my company and in others. We give complicated and impressive sounding titles to people but descriptions often create more confusion than value. Sure, the titles sound impressive, until someone has to figure out what they actually do. The . . . → Read More: Corporate Speak My company has changed a great deal over the years. We have gone from an energetic start up with a fantastic idea to a large organizationally stratified high tech corporation. When I first started with the company in 1996, people didn’t care about titles and if someone had a great idea they were given the . . . → Read More: Going from Start-Up to Corporate Web 2.0 has certainly changed the way many people interact. It has created communities, provided a vehicle for customized interaction, and has been a platform for collaboration. The communications aspects of Web 2.0 are breakthrough technology for marketing and delivery of new products and services. We can overlay new methods on existing business functions, such . . . → Read More: Viral Marketing and 2.0 Tools Web 2.0 is all about making personal connections directly and immediately. More and more I hear about how blogs, wikis, and social networking sites are changing the way we live and play. Clearly teens and above have started to use sites like Facebook and MySpace in ways that have changed social interaction but I’m not . . . → Read More: Web 2.0, Fad or Future? Every 2 years or so, I get invited to participate in a “Software Quality” Initiative. Our company cares very deeply about the customer’s experience and we’re constantly trying to improve, so when someone has a conversation with a customer who has had a difficult problem, we try to find solutions that the whole company can . . . → Read More: The Elusive Dream of Software Quality I was in a series of leadership offsites this week and had some interesting observations about communication. All the leaders around me were the best that I have ever worked with. They understand business and how to lead. Each leader has their own style and strengths which create their own organizational culture. Some would ask . . . → Read More: Leaders Ask Rather Than Direct  Leave a comment  Business Philosophy, Communications, Corporate Culture, General Thoughts  busines leadership, business, business communication, business philosophy, career, career developement, Communications, conflict, confrontation, conversation, effective leadership, leadership, leadership coaching, leadership development, leadership qualities, leadership skill, leadership skills, leadership styles, management leadership, organizational leadership, professional development, servant leadership, situational leadership, transformational leadership, what is leadership, work, workplace |
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