Dealing with Defeat
Christmas of 2009, a friend of mine gave me the book Born To Run. The book is about a secluded tribe of Indians living in the Mexican Copper Canyon. Isolated and independent, a large part of their culture revolves around running – extremely long distance running to be specific. If you are a runner, you [...]
30 second MBA?
I finally got around to reading through the recent Fast Company magazine, and saw a little promo for one of their online features: The 30 Second MBA. Normally I never check those kind of online features out; they are almost always characterized by little value and/or over the top marketing. I respect Fast Company though [...]
Thinking through commitment
I’m on the Board of the regional chapter of an international non-profit group. The group is SIM (Society for Information Management), a networking and thought leadership organization for technology leaders. This is the time of year where we start putting together the ballot for next year’s officers. As part of that process our Board President [...]
Coaching question for you
I’ve been seeing a fair amount of material lately on executive and personal coaching. I have never used a coach, although like most of you I imagine, I’ve been one from time to time. I’m curious as to whether this is a topic you are interested in. By leaving a comment, please tell me: Whether [...]
THIS is why I love the Internet…
No one raised their hand to educate me on Marshall Goldsmith so I headed over to Google. Typing in “who is Marshall Goldsmith” gave me 356,000 little raised hands. The first few links looked like book links and a link to his blog (which doesn’t have an About page). But there around the 5th or [...]
A recruiting “gift” for future leaders – any ideas?
In commenting on my last post, Lauren asks: As for your comment on having difficulty finding things on Leadership, I am having the same problem. I am looking for a book we can use in out recruiting efforts as we go to colleges. Something that would set us apart, appeal to the students and be [...]
