http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:15:38 -0700 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:55:28 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m12d28-An-updated-resource-guide?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner I hope you found this column useful as you worked on your leadership skills throughout 2009. My goal was to offer compelling content a few times a week around the following themes: • Coaching Advice – advice and counsel on specifi... Online Resources Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:55:28 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m12d28-An-updated-resource-guide?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m12d21-Grassroots-leadership-in-action?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner OK, one more book recommendation for 2009, and it’s a good one (and just in time for Christmas). This one isn't a current release, though.  We're going to go all the way back to 2002 for this classic...  If you haven&r... Leadership Books Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:30:52 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m12d21-Grassroots-leadership-in-action?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m12d17-All-of-John-Kotters-work-in-one-place?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner Readers of this column know I'm a big fan of John Kotter, the Harvard Business School Professor who has written some of the best works ever on leading organizational change (Our Iceberg is Melting, Leading Change, A Sense of Urgency, etc)... Online Resources Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:05:13 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m12d17-All-of-John-Kotters-work-in-one-place?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m12d13-Emulating-role-models-or-creating-your-own-style?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner The Tiger Woods saga has raised anew the question of whether sports stars should be role models in our society. I think it’s a moot point – it’s an absolute fact that kids (and some adults) “look up” to certain athlet... Authentic Leadership Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:36:32 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m12d13-Emulating-role-models-or-creating-your-own-style?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m12d9-Understanding-failure?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner Jim Collins seems like a strange choice to write about failure. His best-selling books Built to Last (1995) and Good to Great (2001) were celebrations of how to build a successful and sustainable company (both are classics, and belong on every lea... Leadership Books Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:54:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m12d9-Understanding-failure?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m12d6-The-unemployment-story?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner Here's an update about this recession’s impact on employment (statistics below were published in The Week, November 27, 2009). As unemployment hovers around 10%, some 8 million jobs have been lost since late 2007, raising the ranks of th... Leadership Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:47:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m12d6-The-unemployment-story?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m12d3-The-Tiger-Woods-experience?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner Wow – what a week for Tiger Woods; talk about a nightmare public relations scenario! Without getting into any of the sordid details, I thought of two questions for leaders in the wake of the non-stop coverage of this story (I know, I’m... Leadership challenges Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:12:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m12d3-The-Tiger-Woods-experience?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m11d29-How-do-we-measure-decisiveness?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner President Obama is set to announce his strategy for Afghanistan this week in a speech at West Point. Presumably, this will end what has been one of the longest, most anticipated (and public) decisions in recent political history. What’s fasc... Leadership challenges Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:04:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m11d29-How-do-we-measure-decisiveness?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m11d23-Giving-thanks-for-the-gift-of-development?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner This is the first repeat Leadership Examiner column I’ve posted… but it felt appropriate to bring this one back given that Thanksgiving is a few days away. Andrea Wright turned me on to this anonymous poem a few years ago, and it was ... Leadership Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:14:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m11d23-Giving-thanks-for-the-gift-of-development?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m11d19-The-years-almost-over--how-will-you-use-the-last-6-weeks?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner The year is coming to an end, and I’m sure many of you will be happy to see 2009 in the rearview mirror. But we still have six weeks to go, and that’s a lot of time for leaders to get some important work done. Here are 5 things yo... Leadership Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:54:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m11d19-The-years-almost-over--how-will-you-use-the-last-6-weeks?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m11d16-Be-ready-for-these-3-questions?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner This past week, I had the chance to work with another group of leadership program participants as they came to the end of a year-long development journey. What a great experience - it’s always rewarding to see people get excited about leader... Leadership Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:25:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m11d16-Be-ready-for-these-3-questions?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m11d12-Whats-the-best-advice-you-ever-got?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner In the past couple of years, at least two national publications have put out regular columns under the heading of “The Best Advice I Ever Got.” I love this concept, and have borrowed the essence of the phrase, turning it into a regular... Leadership Lessons Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:52:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m11d12-Whats-the-best-advice-you-ever-got?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m11d9-CEOs-are-hanging-on-through-this-recession?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner I came across some interesting research this weekend – fewer large corporations are making leadership changes this year. According to executive recruiting firm Spencer Stuart, through September 30th only 38 companies in the Fortune 500 have ... Leadership challenges Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:40:52 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m11d9-CEOs-are-hanging-on-through-this-recession?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m11d4-Dont-forget-leaders--youre-always-on-stage?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner There’s never a bad time to remind you about this - as a leader, your every move is being watched, analyzed and interpreted by employees, the press, your peers, your boss, etc.  It’s a fact of life at the top – you have to w... Leadership Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:51:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m11d4-Dont-forget-leaders--youre-always-on-stage?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m11d1-Downloaded-any-good-books-lately?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner If you’ve been reading this column for awhile, you know I love books. I never go anywhere without one, because you never know when you’re going to spend 30 minutes waiting for a kid to finish practice, or for that darn airplane to fina... Online Resources Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:10:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m11d1-Downloaded-any-good-books-lately?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m10d26-When-do-you-own-your-leadership-role?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner There was a wonderful column in Saturday’s Wall Street Journal by Peggy Noonan about the fact that it’s time for President Obama to “own” his presidency. Noonan wrote that it’s been 9 months since Obama took office, a... Leadership challenges Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:23:31 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m10d26-When-do-you-own-your-leadership-role?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m10d23-Dude-wheres-my-pay?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner OK, so I probably shouldn’t make light of it, but the top 25 leaders at the seven companies that the government is “sitting on” in terms of executive pay just got some very bad news. Wow – cutting their total compensation b... Leadership Lessons Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:18:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m10d23-Dude-wheres-my-pay?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m10d20-A-leaders-dilemma?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner This week I had the pleasure of wrapping up a year-long development program with a group of emerging leaders, and we had an interesting discussion about a realization they’ve discovered as a result of their journey. As they’ve learned ... Leadership challenges Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:21:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m10d20-A-leaders-dilemma?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m10d15-Rating-your-peers--what-a-concept?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner My favorite magazine, Sports Illustrated, runs a poll in every issue, asking a question of current players in various sports leagues. The survey always asks the players to rate their peers – best of this, worst of that, etc. This week, they ask... Talent Management Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:50:16 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m10d15-Rating-your-peers--what-a-concept?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m10d12-How-are-you-leading-at-home?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner Most of what we discuss in this column has to do with leading in the workplace. This is natural and appropriate; after all, this isn’t the Home Therapist Examiner (although there probably is such a post on this site somewhere!). But let&rs... Leadership Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:10:52 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-652-Leadership-Examiner~y2009m10d12-How-are-you-leading-at-home?cid=exrss-Leadership-Examiner