Culture in the Mainstream?

by | Nov 16, 2005 | Culture, Leadership

There is a story on the front page of the business section of the Washington Post today about the new CEO of Fannie Mae. The subhead states, “CEO Daniel H. Mudd Must Fix Problems With Accounting and Culture.” Wow! Organizational culture goes mainstream! Many people...

Quote of the Day

by | Nov 13, 2005 | Leadership

This is a brief post with an even briefer quote. It is a line from Margaret Wheatley’s Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time. Life seeks organization, but it uses messes to get there. Organization is a process, not a structure. (p. 27)

The Power of Incompetence

by | Nov 7, 2005 | Leadership

For those of you who (like me) read Harvard Business Review regularly, please don’t skip the “forethought” section at the beginning. It often has some real gems in it (that don’t require 45 minutes of focused reading, either). This month is no exception. There’s an...

Separation of Strategy and Plan

by | Nov 1, 2005 | Leadership

Jeffrey Pfeffer’s column in Business 2.0 this month is about giving leaders the permission to say “I don’t know,” which is definitely something I support. The fallacy that leaders should know the answers all the time gets us in trouble—because instead of admitting...

More on Best Practices

by | Oct 12, 2005 | Leadership

I keep track of about 20 blogs on a regular basis, two of which are Jeff          De Cagna’s "The Daily Innovator" and Ben Martin’s "Certified Association Executive." I’ve noticed that Jeff and Ben...

Big Shoes to Fill

by | Sep 6, 2005 | Leadership

At the ASAE and the Center Annual Meeting last month, I went to a session about surviving the first 100 days as a new CEO. One of the dynamics the presenters described was the challenge of taking over from a “legend” CEO. The September Fast Company issue (a good one,...
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