Actively Managing the Corporate Culture The leader in most organizations has many and varied tasks. If the organization is large enough to have a significant leadership team, then the CEO receives help in the day-to-day operations and can delegate initiatives, duties, or projects. In small companies, including start-ups, of course, the leader/founder shoulders much, if not all, of the work. …
Karl Weick, professor at the University of Michigan, states that you should “Fight as if you are right; listen as if you are wrong.” This sound advice was picked up and passed along by Bob Sutton in his book The No Asshole Rule. What I like about the quote is the “as if” phrase. If we always keep that little phrase …
I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty tired of hearing about innovation. How to do it? Who does it? Why do it? There are “tons” of books available on the subject and untold nano-grams of digits in cyber space devoted to it (do 1’s and 0’s weigh anything?) Having said that, I don’t want to belabor this topic. Innovation …
Leaders do not fall in love with their own ideas. At their best, they also don’t let you fall in love with your own ideas. The do fall in love with the vision, the noble goal of the organization.