Posts Tagged ‘Leadership’
LeBron & Curry – Great Athletes But More Importantly Great Leaders
This week as we all watch Game 1 of the playoffs between the Cavs and GSW, one thing is certain: We will be watching LeBron and Curry make magic. In sports like in business, it is all about HOW you lead, set the pace, lead by example and make the impossible become possible. Yes, these…
Read MoreFootball AND Leadership in Tech Companies?
Wow! Whether you are a college football fan or not – I encourage you to watch the last 2 minutes of the Monday night football BCS title game on January 6th. What happened in the last half of that game and in particular the last one minute and 50 seconds is what should happen everyday!…
Read MoreLeadership: Out, Influence/Impact: In!
I love what is happening around the globe today. In my work with ProVoke, I am brought into companies to disrupt and create a Culture of Disruption, leading to a Culture of Innovation. As we look at create a culture (versus the old school corporate hierarchy) titles don’t create change, the individual does. It is…
Read MoreChanging Lens and Zooming In and Out!
I echo Rosabeth’s views regarding the importance of zooming in and out, the importance of perspective and how leaders view the world. I extrapolate this to how leaders run their companies! I do however think we need to widen the lens, otherwise, we may be zooming in and out of a perspective that is too…
Read MoreExecutives and Productivity
A challenge for executives with large teams is how to be ‘effectively productive’, to not feel overwhelmed, and interact with and give attention to what is necessary. And, it’s not just ‘how to be productive’ but also what to be productive about?! I wanted to share Robert Pozen’s article, “Extreme Productivity,” with you. For me,…
Read MoreHBR: Leadership Traits: What Do You Think?
We all know Steve Jobs was a hugely successful visionary and innovator. But what exactly made him so? Of course, leadership is not like a recipe, you don’t add a bit of this and a bit of that, nor are we all the same. It is in fact that difference that makes leadership special. I…
Read MoreChange is Possible in Big Organizations
Some say big and old organizations can’t change. Positive changes at Yahoo may show us how CHANGE is possible. The point which grabbed my eye was , Mayer bringing a “sense of vision and urgency”: 1. Vision: Critical as staff in a large company want to know what the overall vision and strategy of the…
Read MoreYear in Reflection
Dear fellow readers and bloggers, what an insane year 2011 has been. Ever year has highs and lows and highlights. But this year has been a bit different. In a course of a year, countries have ousted monarchs and leaders and social transparency is growing by leaps and bounds. But 2011 has also been a…
Read MoreThe Democratization of Leadership
I have rarely been as excited as I am this very moment about all the changes taking place in corporations and enterprises of all sizes around the world. By that I mean the “ Democratization of Leadership”. What inspired me to write ProVoke was to provoke my readers globally about the fact that disruption is…
Read MoreGet yourself out of your way…
I think it is human psychology to need to find a reason/person to justify why we have not reached our goals. Often we will say things like ‘my manager did not support my promotion’, or ‘I didn’t become an entrepreneur because I did not have the financial support’, or ‘ I couldn’t do the things…
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