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First Look: Leadership Books for January 2011

Leading Blog

Practically Radical : Not-So-Crazy Ways to Transform Your Company, Shake Up Your Industry, and Challenge Yourself by William C. Outrageous Fortunes : The Twelve Surprising Trends That Will Reshape the Global Economy by Daniel Altman. Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in January. Hill and Kent L.

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Thought-full Thursday: Appreciative Leadership

Persuasive Powerhouse

Louise Altman : September 9, 2010 at 5:36 pm Hi Mary Jo, You know what is so important about using Appreciative Inquiry – we now know from the latest neuroscience research that every time we acknowledge what works, what is positive, we are activating the pleasure part of our brains. We’re a great society of problem solvers.

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The Importance of Being Care-full

You're Not the Boss of Me

13 Responses to The Importance of Being Care-full Lise Moen February 7, 2011 at 8:44 am Loved it! Thank you, Lise Reply Gwyn Teatro February 7, 2011 at 4:52 pm Thank you, Lise! They always add value to the post:-) Reply Mary Jo Asmus February 7, 2011 at 5:19 pm Beautiful post, as always Gwyn. To me, your comment says it all.

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Are CEOs Really India’s Leading Export?

Harvard Business Review

Satya Nadella’s appointment as Microsoft’s CEO was greeted with headlines such as “ Why Microsoft and Everyone Else Loves Indian CEOs ,” echoing Time’s 2011 lead heralding “ India’s Leading Export: CEOs.” Only 13% of the Fortune Global 500 companies are led by CEOs who hail from outside the country where the firm’s headquarters is located.

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The Fortune Global 500 Isn’t All That Global

Harvard Business Review

The 2014 DHL Global Connectedness Index that one of us (Ghemawat) prepares with Steven Altman, and that was released on November 3, indicates that global connectedness started to deepen again in 2013 after its recovery stalled in 2012. Specifically, are companies from advanced economies failing to keep up with the big shift?

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The World Is Still Not Flat

Harvard Business Review

Here’s the headline chart, with the subindexes for “depth” (the volume of flows) and breadth (how widely distributed the flows are among different countries): The index is compiled by Pankaj Ghemawat , a professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business and the IESE Business School in Barcelona, and Steven Altman , a lecturer at IESE.

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The World Is Still Not Flat

Harvard Business Review

Here’s the headline chart, with the subindexes for “depth” (the volume of flows) and breadth (how widely distributed the flows are among different countries): The index is compiled by Pankaj Ghemawat , a professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business and the IESE Business School in Barcelona, and Steven Altman , a lecturer at IESE.

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