Why do CEO’s make dumb decisions?
Chief Executive magazine recently summarized some reasons why Chief Executives make mistakes. Some of these are well-known to most of us ... predetermining the outcome before a thorough deliberation, praying…
Cheating? Who, me?
Dan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational, is an insightful guy who recently performed some studies regarding cheating. (You'll need to scroll down to the 3rd article.) What he found suggests…
Who cares? You should!
Patrick Lencioni has got it right in his guest column in Business Week recently: There's no substitute for taking an active interest in the lives of your employees. The MBWO…
No substitute for Leadership Team
I mentioned here before about the regular Sunday NY Times feature called the Corner Office, which summarizes conversations with various CEO’s about leadership, lessons learned, interviewing techniques, etc.
Here are 4 key lessons.
Build your Leadership Team
Sunday’s column interviewed Lawrence Kellner, CEO of Continental Airlines, who reaffirmed several points emphasized on this blog.
First, it IS critical that you have the right people on the bus and in the right seats. Leaders are dependent upon many others to fulfill their responsibilities, so if you haven’t focused on strengthening your leadership team to the maximum extent possible, you’re simply extending your INability to get things done.
Regular, Unbiased Feedback
Kellner also emphasizes how critical it is to provide regular, unbiased feedback to your people all along the way. (more…)
Good Advice for Tough Times
Dennis Zeleny, an established HR professional and frequent contributor to Forbes magazine, contributes another POV in a growing list of articles about How to Lead in Tough Times. I think…