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20% Walk Around Time And Other Tips for For Successful CEOs

Leadership Freak

Inspired by Henry Mintzberg.) If the most powerful thing leaders do is connect, the most dangerous is isolation. Relationship building: “Half of Americans view themselves as lonely,” David Cordani, chief executive of Cigna. Cigna… Continue reading →

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LeadershipNow 140: November 2012 Compilation

Leading Blog

Change and Continuity - Mintzberg And Kotter Agree - You Must Manage Both by @profkjmoore. Seven Tips For Better Coaching by @steveroesler. Why Most Leadership Development Efforts Fail by @KevinEikenberry. When Trouble Hits —8 Ways to Develop Resilience, Options and “Falling Up” by @pdiscoveryuk. Doing Leadership.

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How are leadership development programs contributing to a more balanced society?

Coaching Ourselves

Our co-founder Henry Mintzberg, has long been proclaiming this need for change. He traces the tipping point for our current imbalance to 1989 when the Berlin Wall fell, signaling the end of the communist regime in Eastern Europe. It’s time for leadership development professionals to step up and provide the solution.

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The Making of an Innovation Master

Harvard Business Review

For example, I'm sure that most innovation practitioners wouldn't put baseball researcher Bill James on their list, but his mission to find patterns, develop theories, and overturn orthodoxy has greatly influenced my own thinking. Lindegaard has spent the last few years developing practical guidance about "open innovation."