Why “Enfant Terrible” is Not a Viable Leadership Model
The Chief Executive got on the phone and, while his conversation was being broadcast to the public, started sounding a little crazy. When he tried to explain his successes, he got confused on the numbers and began mixing up his terms. When the people on the call started asking questions, [...]
On the Role of Leadership in a Shape-Shifting World
The communicator’s dilemma: leading the leaders. The communication of leadership is the most important thing you can work on in a company, because everything else depends on getting that right. This is critical, because we are at a “leadership inflection point” that’s caused by our increased consciousness of global cause [...]
You Can Build a Secret Army. Or You Can Be a Dodo. Choose Carefully.
Once, at a dinner party in Dallas, I met a man who had grown up in Yorkshire in the 50s. He told me about a Friday night in 1962, when he was a 16-year-old working class apprentice, hanging with his mates outside a pub. His friends were going to see [...]
