Archives by Tag 'leadership'
What it takes to be a lousy General
LT Gen David Barno, USA, Retired was recently quoted as saying, "Generals who can’t handle dealing with the media aren’t very good generals.” I was struck with that – the likes of General “blood and guts” Patton and Admiral Bull Halsey… We were wrong – they were not very good after all. Granted, the General’s [...]
Are you a Leader or a Manager?
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
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 [...]