Archive for 'Leadership and Management' Category

Panetta–the fox guarding the hen house.

By Tom - Last updated: Monday, August 20, 2012

  General Ward is being spanked for running up illegal travel expenses and for wasting government money on untold boondoggles.  He’s been busted to two star general while Penetta figures out what to do with him.   Attend.     Of course Penetta needs to show sufficient, albeit sanctimonious outrage at this despicable fraud committed [...]

Are you a Leader or a Manager?

By Tom - Last updated: Sunday, October 18, 2009

A question I saw on Linkedin recently. What?  You never heard of Linkedin?  You better learn soon! But that’s another chat.  Today, we’re speaking about Leadership vs. Management. Yes, business’s most celebrated debate…  Are you a chest thumping, Tarzan yarping, leader or one of those process driven, pedantic managers that rob the business world of [...]

True Leadership

By Tom - Last updated: Monday, March 23, 2009

Yeah, my friend Rob Patterson inspired me again.  This time with a thought provoking idea about true leadership.  What a metaphor he advances!  That leadership is being like a river!   Being like a river. He then delights us with a timeless snippet of some old Lawrence of Arabia film. Yeah, flowing robes, horses dashing across [...]