Management is not about counting butts in seats. It is about creating the conditions where people can contribute to the fullest extent of their abilities. It requires understanding the human factors in organizations.
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An organization’s culture is dynamic. Leaders need to tend to all of the ingredients to get the outcome they desire.
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Woo-hoo! I am pleased that this article about the dramatic turnaround at NYU Langone Medical Center that I co-authored with Doug Wilson and Nathaniel Foote is a finalist for a prestigious the American Society of Business Publication Editors Azbee Awards of Excellence. Among the lessons is that clear, transparent metrics and deep humanity can turn
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I am pleased that my piece for strategy+business on leading through principles made the 2017 “most read” list. With more than 20,000 views, the article certainly resonated with many people. And that is the more important point–how moving from rules to principles engages and empowers an organization to more nimbly solve problems, seize opportunities, and
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It was a pleasure to be interviewed by Mabbly founder Adam Fridman for a recent Inc. article on the relevance of well-being for organizations. My contribution was on resilience and the need to keep people focused on a positive future even in the face of adversity. Resilience is about the ability to bounce forward. When
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My recent piece in strategy+business on the power of reframing leadership conversations through a more intentional use of the common conjunction, “and” received a lot of attention. It is the habitual use of such seemingly simple practices that helps differentiate truly effective leaders from the also-rans. “And” is a powerful way to engage and connect.
I have long seen the appeal in Servant Leadership. Investing in and valuing people as individuals seems a logical path to developing a powerhouse team in almost any organization. The group of devotees, however, remains limited. New data may change that as I wrote recently in a column for strategy+business: But this soft-sounding method is
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It was quite the coincidence that the NY Times ran an expose on the culture at Amazon.com the day before Strategy+Business posted my column on the need to put more humanity back into our organizations if we are to engage people, unlock their energy and creativity, and bring forth the best in all of us.
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I’m pleased to share the news that my column, “Thinking Like a Leader: Three Big Shifts” made it to #3 on the strategy+business top 10 most-read list for 2015. It’s an honor to be on a list with Herminia Ibarra, Roger Martin, and so many other notables. More important, I’m happy that the article made
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