I think that one of the best ways to learn leadership isn’t studying “leadership” at all. Instead, study individual leaders in their natural habitat and decide what they do that you want to try. Articles by and about leaders and interviews with them are mini-case studies that show you an actual leader in » Read More
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6/15/14: Leadership Reading to Start Your Week
Here are choice articles on hot leadership topics culled from the business schools, the business press and major consulting firms, to start off your work week. I’m pointing you to articles about leadership, strategy, industries, innovation, women and work, and work and learning now and in the future. Highlights » Read More
6/13/14: Stories and Strategies from Real Life
Some of the best learning happens when you read stories about real people and real companies. Read them for ideas, for lessons, and inspiration. This week’s stories and strategies from real life are about JJ’s Red Hots, Covisint, Loxa Beauty, the Los Angeles Clippers and Google. From Megan Cassella: Dilworth hot » Read More
Warning: Trouble’s Coming
My phone has a handy app that alerts me when severe weather is on the way. It’s not very high tech, but I’ve found a way to know when business trouble is on the way. I just listen for statements like these. It’s just as good as … No one will notice if … We don’t have anything to worry » Read More
Speeding up our own assembly line
Henry Ford invented the moving industrial assembly line. It probably only took a week or so before he or someone else tried speeding up the line to increase production. In 1972, the General Motors Assembly Division used that tactic in the Lordstown Ohio assembly plant. The idea was to increase production above the 55 » Read More