The Founder has their dilemma but there is also a dilemma amongst new senior executive hires and major new investors in the company who usually comprise the company’s board of directors. Both of these groups are made up of individuals who have strong opinions and are accustomed to leading.
Thoughts on A Leader Part II
Leaders aren’t Leaders without followers. However, this can be a trap. Leaders can be misled by thinking that what they do or say is why people are following. It can be that their followers perceive they have something to gain either individually or collectively by buying into what their leader is or was selling.
Thoughts on a Leader Part I
Are you the right Leader for your organization? What makes a Leader? What are the long-held myths about Leaders? Were Gandhi, Hitler, MLK, Gordon Moore, Einstein, Genghis Khan, Mother Theresa, Steve Jobs effective Leaders? How do you measure the effectiveness of a Leader? Here’s how LinkedIn defines an effective Leader: As well as providing direction, […]
What’s Your Plan
Milton Friedman once used this analogy to explain the effects of Inflation. When you go on a drinking binge you get all the good feeling first, it’s later on all the bad stuff appears. I think the parties over and the hangover is starting to appear. Governmental fiscal policy since 2008 along with the pandemic […]
Are You Treating Your Employees Like Rats in A Skinner Box
Push the lever get a reward. Skinner’s operant conditioning or the old ‘carrot and stick’ behavioral theory. This motivational theory continues to underpin most of the management tools the business community mistakes for good business and leadership practices. Does your company reflect this theory? “ Today there is a mismatch between what science knows and […]
Why Leaders Can’t Listen
A common refrain about the characteristics of a successful Leader/Entrepreneur is they have “passion, are resourceful, willing to improvise and listen to others and have a strong determination to succeed”. I have worked with a significant number of successful owners, CEO’s and Presidents and they ALL fit the profile except for the listening part.