Just looking at a few of my favourite blogs and came across Tom Peter's thoughts on the coming year. He wants to focus on these words:
Resilience.
Thoughtfulness-Civility.
Serve.
Contribute.
Learn.
EXCELLENCE.
This looks like a pretty good list to me as well.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Flaws in leadership development
Ken Parry in the AFR on 19 Oct 2009 (page 28) said "There are fatal flaws on the leadership development industry".
His view is that leadership training is wasted in organizations where the organsations policies and procedures are so restrictive that they remove a chance of leaders realizing their potential.
He sugests that a lot of leadership training is in fact succession planning. but leadership is needed at all levels of the organisation.
The key he says is to fine-tine the organisation "to remove internal transaction costs and allow leadership to flourish from within".
His view is that leadership training is wasted in organizations where the organsations policies and procedures are so restrictive that they remove a chance of leaders realizing their potential.
He sugests that a lot of leadership training is in fact succession planning. but leadership is needed at all levels of the organisation.
The key he says is to fine-tine the organisation "to remove internal transaction costs and allow leadership to flourish from within".
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Defining leadership
A couple of less common definitions from an Acronym post:
“The capacity of a system to sense and shape its future”
(attributed to Rosetta Thurman although maybe from Peter Senge or Otto Scharmer. See the post).
Also may be a variant on:
"the capacity in the human community to shape the future." from Peter Senge.
As commented by Jamie Notter in the post, the focus on leadership as a system role rather than as a heroic individual characteristic opens up thinking about 'leading organisations'. I've often seen and heard the concept of a leading organisation in purpose/mission discussions in associations. But there is rarely a sensible discussion on what this means - what work does this imply, and what responsibilities does it carry?
“The capacity of a system to sense and shape its future”
(attributed to Rosetta Thurman although maybe from Peter Senge or Otto Scharmer. See the post).
Also may be a variant on:
"the capacity in the human community to shape the future." from Peter Senge.
As commented by Jamie Notter in the post, the focus on leadership as a system role rather than as a heroic individual characteristic opens up thinking about 'leading organisations'. I've often seen and heard the concept of a leading organisation in purpose/mission discussions in associations. But there is rarely a sensible discussion on what this means - what work does this imply, and what responsibilities does it carry?
Top 100 Business Blogs?
A list based on Technorati rankings of business related advice blogs.
Interesting that Tom Peters doesn't rank! But still an interesting list to peruse.
Interesting that Tom Peters doesn't rank! But still an interesting list to peruse.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Email writing
A nice piece from Wired on writing emails: Wired
However it does suggest you keep emails short and long! Maybe just re-read before sending would help. But hooray for the call for a subject.
However it does suggest you keep emails short and long! Maybe just re-read before sending would help. But hooray for the call for a subject.
Monday, August 27, 2007
Enterprise 2.0
Things are serious business when KPMG talks about them. So the publication of a paper on all things Web 2.0 or Enterprise 2.0 (is there a difference?) means it is time for a heads up.
Enterprise 2.0 Fad or Future
And they put (some) of their views into practice with simultaneous publication of a podcast.
But there is a big temptation to revert to traditional models and assume its just another piece of software. As a commentator on the FASTForward blog notes (FASTForward blog) its got to be more than just an add on to a version 1.0 organisational culture.
The inclusion of social software is interesting as this has been a very troubled field for a long time. Many love the concept of a community of ideas which progresses through an open and polite discussion in which the rationally superior argument wins. Hmm...which utopia had this idea first?
The KPMG paper is more realistic in its identification of blame and recognition as barriers to adoption.
Still some way to go on social software but wikis especially look good.
Enterprise 2.0 Fad or Future
And they put (some) of their views into practice with simultaneous publication of a podcast.
But there is a big temptation to revert to traditional models and assume its just another piece of software. As a commentator on the FASTForward blog notes (FASTForward blog) its got to be more than just an add on to a version 1.0 organisational culture.
The inclusion of social software is interesting as this has been a very troubled field for a long time. Many love the concept of a community of ideas which progresses through an open and polite discussion in which the rationally superior argument wins. Hmm...which utopia had this idea first?
The KPMG paper is more realistic in its identification of blame and recognition as barriers to adoption.
Still some way to go on social software but wikis especially look good.
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