Dateline: January 17, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. January seems to be a time of taking stock of ourselves and doing a personal inventory of our strengths and our opportunities for growth. Recently, Fast Company published a blog titled, "How to Turn your Toxic Habits into Better Patterns of Behavior" and that caught my … [Read more...]
Google’s Role for Managers
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Dateline: December 20, 2013 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week we look at a recent Harvard Business Review article by Professor David Garvin, which was commented on by Drake Baer at Fast Company. The topic is the role of managers at Google, who famously eliminated managers in an effort to be flat, encourage innovation and … [Read more...]
The Importance of Your Team
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Dateline: July 5, 2013 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. What makes a successful network? The people on your team, according to Fast Company blogger Drake Baer. His recent post for Fast Company's Dialed section, The 4 People You Need for An Awesome Network, suggests that there are 4 must-haves on your team for you (and your projects) to be … [Read more...]
CIOs Must Get it Right on Day One
June 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: June 21, 2013 Welcome to our Friday WRAP - one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Transitions are part of the fabric of organizations. Leaders move on and new leaders take over. A recent Harvard Business Review article, It's All About Day One, by IMD Professors Michael Watkins and Suzanne de Janasz, and former Unilever executive Kees van der Graaf, explores the … [Read more...]
CIO’s Equation for Strategic Influence
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Dateline: June 14, 2013 Welcome to our Friday WRAP - one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Trust and influence are critical success factors for any leader, including the CIO. A recent blog by Michael Krigsman explored ways CIO gain strategic influence inside their organizations. His blog, CxO Talk: Trust, engagement, and influence for the CIO, suggests, The equation is … [Read more...]
Management is Not Leadership
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Dateline: May 3, 2013 Welcome to our Friday WRAP - one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. John Kotter, a former professor at Harvard Business School, has spent over 40 years studying businesses and those that lead them. In 1990 he wrote a classic article for the Harvard Business Review about the difference in leaders and managers, titled What Leaders Really Do. Recently, he … [Read more...]
Leading Change Takes More Than Just a Great Leader
April 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: April 5, 2013 Welcome to our Friday WRAP - one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. A recent blog on the HBR Blog Network (published by Harvard Business Review) featured a thought piece entitled, "Change Management is Bigger than Leadership" by Wharton Adjunct Professor Gregory Shea and his associate, Cassie Solomon (they are authors of a new book, Leading Successful … [Read more...]
Not Everyone is a Leader
March 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: March 15, 2013 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. A recent blog at Forbes by leadership mythbuster Mike Myatt challengingly titled “Why You’re Not a Leader” suggests that not everyone is suited to lead, even if they want to be a leader. Everybody thinks they’re a leader – most are far from it. The harsh reality is that we live in a … [Read more...]
Lunch Roulette
January 11, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: January 11, 2013 Welcome to the Friday WRAP - one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. January is always a time of renewing promises and setting goals for the coming year, and many write about resolutions. One common resolution is to broaden our personal and professional networks. This week’s WRAP is about one company’s solution to facilitate this. Harvard … [Read more...]
