Hal and Bev Hunter won “Citizens of the Year” in Rappahannock County for 2009. Hal’s motto is, “There’s no limit to what you can accomplish if you don’t care who gets the credit” and it’s an apt saying for those aspiring to accomplish remarkable things. The excerpt below is straight from the Rappahannock News and […]
“When I set out to take Vienna, I take Vienna. Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.” – Napoleon I posted about an interview we did recently with Dan Glaser, CEO of Marsh, but it’s not enough. I’ve been reviewing the tapes and it’s so rich with cool […]
A remarkable event occurred just a couple weeks ago at USC Marshall School of Business. Three titans of leadership – Warren Bennis, Bill George, and John Hope Bryant gathered to share their insights on emerging leadership practices and what it’s really going to take to reset the economy and re-establish trust in the financial sector, […]
I suspect (hope) by the time you read this, you may have already checked out What Matters Now – assembled by the editorial talents of Seth Godin, a compendium of thought-leadership from all reaches weighing in on, well… What Matters Now. Dan Roam, author of Back of the Napkin, urges that there is no such […]
“Every social and global problem is a business opportunity in disguise.” – Peter Drucker Last week we attended the Peter Drucker Centennial conference in Vienna, Austria and had the incredible opportunity to interview and film world thinkers and leaders who were there celebrating and discussing Peter Drucker’s legacy and the future of management and business […]
I first heard the phrase Go Native (with respect to business anyway) from Stuart Hart, author of Capitalism at the Crossroads. Stuart intended this phrase as advice to companies looking to construct and gestate new products and services in partnership with indigenous markets. Last week we had an interview with Bruce Churchill, President of DirecTV […]
The Results-Only-Work-Environment is certainly on the rise but it doesn’t appear to be a new phenomenon. Yesterday afternoon we had an interview with DirecTV President Bruce Churchill who was describing how years ago as a McKinsey partner, they had fairly specific vacation requirements of executives and thus, people dutifully filled out their paperwork and took […]
Much of the conversations we get engaged in with customers often involve discussion of “How did other companies do it?” – discussions around benchmarking processes. Yet most of the emerging ideas in leadership and talent development we hear from eminent thinkers, researchers and writers warn of benchmarking to mediocrity. Stuart Hart, author of Capitalism at […]
Pick your management guru and each will say, listen. Stephen Covey: “Pass the torch and listen.” Susan Scott: “Waiting to talk is not listening.” Keith Ferrazzi: “When you ask someone’s opinion, your next job is to listen and give a damn.” Marshall Goldsmith: “Let go of ‘yes, but…’ – stop adding too much value and […]
“Exaggerate the essential; leave the obvious vague.” – Vincent van Gogh Years ago Marshall Goldsmith taught me the lesson: stop adding too much value. I’m sure you’ve been in meetings and conversations in which those around the table keep upping the ante in an effort to display their brilliance and impress. This can be fun […]