Do you know your IT staff? Do you regularly communicate with them? If you do, good for you. If not, you’re missing out on a wonderful opportunity to build morale, inform and just generally build a cohesive, efficient and engaged team. An Example As you know, I like stories and storytelling…so here’s a real-world example [...]
The Leadership Test – A Book Review
February 12, 2010 By 3 Comments
A few weeks ago I received Leadership Test: Will You Pass? (amazon affiliate link) by Timothy R. Clark, Ph.D. to review The book is a small one (~99 pages in total) but packed with some interesting content. Clark uses a business fable to describe leadership and what makes up a good leader. I’m a HUGE [...]
Innovation or Imitation?
February 11, 2010 By 10 Comments
Are you innovating or imitating? Anywhere you go these days, you’ll find someone talking or writing about Innovation. Most of the stuff I’ve been reading is great stuff. In the discussions I’ve had with folks around the world, I’m hearing a lot of talk about innovative ideas and ‘new’ ways of doing things within the [...]
I hate consultants
January 28, 2010 By 19 Comments
“I hate consultants.” When I heard those words spill out of my lunch companion’s mouth as soon as we sat down, I knew it would be a long lunch meeting. Some background When I was an independent consultant I spent a lot of time in business development mode. Lots of time going to networking events [...]
What would you do differently?
January 21, 2010 By 11 Comments
CIO as Leader or Manager?
January 7, 2010 By 10 Comments
I just finished reading “Managing” by Henry Mintzberg. Great book. What’s so great about it? It provides a good reminder that being a good manager is just as important as being a good leader. Mintzberg does an excellent job of bringing the importance of managing well to the forefront. Like I said…good book. Buy it [...]
Three words for 2010
January 4, 2010 By 10 Comments
I realize it’s a few days into the new year and most people have already committed their 2010 resolutions to paper (or screen)…now its my turn. Rather than use ‘resolutions’ to tell others what I plan to do, I began to use the “three words” method that I read about over on Chris Brogan’s blog. [...]
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