by wiadmin | Mar 17, 2016 | Leadership
Guest Post by David Burkus In February 2006, Vineet Nayar, the president and CEO of HCL Technologies, one of the largest IT service providers in India, made a shocking announcement to a global meeting of their biggest customers. In short, he told them that they were...
by wiadmin | Nov 24, 2015 | Leadership
Making change happen in organizations would be a lot easier if there weren’t those pesky resistors. There are the angry types filled with long memories of pain. There are the pessimistic types who would throw a wet blanket on the most carefully planned party. Finally,...
by wiadmin | Apr 14, 2015 | Leadership
It’s my pleasure to host my friend, Mary Lippitt, this week with a guest post. Mary is an award-winning author and founder of Enterprise Management Ltd. Enjoy! In today’s world with change the only constant, we need to consistently strategize in order to...
by wiadmin | Sep 30, 2014 | Leadership
Hugh L. McColl, Jr. is the retired chairman and CEO of Bank of America. An ex-marine officer in the late fifties, his business leadership style was swashbuckling, colorful and focused. Wall Street analysts characterized him as a no-holds barred tactical genius who...
by wiadmin | Aug 25, 2014 | Leadership
Being a protégé in a mentoring relationship can feel like having to give a speech before a large group. Now, there are exceptions, obviously. I do a lot of keynotes and I can’t wait to hit that stage. But, there is a lot of research that says people’s greatest fear is...
by wiadmin | Aug 12, 2014 | Leadership
It happened while driving over the Savannah River Bridge between Aiken, SC and Augusta, GA. Our one-year old son was seated in the backseat looking out of the car window. Without warning he pointed at the river and said, “water!” He had been mimicking words…dada,...
