Jim Collins: On Leadership In America
Chief Executive magazine interviews Jim Collins. This is the first of five parts.
Content: Article, Thought Leader | Author: Jim Collins | Source: Chief Executive | Subject: Leadership
Frances Hesselbein’s Merit Badge in Leadership
The former CEO of the Girl Scouts has spent decades bringing professional management to nonprofits.
Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Frances Hesselbein, Sally Helgesen | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Nonprofit
Nir Halevy on Motivating Your Workforce
The Stanford professor explains how social distance (construal-level theory) affects how people respond to feedback.
Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Laura W. Geller, Nir Halevy | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior
Leading in the 21st century: An interview with Michael Useem
Wharton School professor Michael Useem scopes out the leadership challenges facing executives today.
Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Bill Javetski, Michael Useem | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: Leadership
The Discipline of Managing Disruption
To Harvard professor Clayton Christensen, coauthor of How Will You Measure Your Life?, a primary task of leadership is asking questions that anticipate great challenges.
Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Art Kleiner, Clayton M. Christensen | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Leadership
Thoroughly Counterintuitive Approach to Leading
Is boring suddenly good…and inspirational bad? Stanford professor Bob Sutton explains what he’s learned from hundreds of conversations with Silicon Valley’s brightest stars.
Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Leigh Buchanan, Robert I. Sutton | Source: Inc. Magazine | Subject: Leadership
Building the Skills of Insight
To eminent systems therapist David Kantor, learning to recognize the hidden patterns in conversation is the first step toward more effective executive leadership.
Editor’s Note: see a related video by David Kantor, which describes how leaders can uncover hidden patterns in conversation in order to more effectively inspire their teams, and shape group conversations.
Content: Thought Leader | Author: David Kantor | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development
The Thought Leader Interview: Dov Seidman
The influential business author and CEO explains why the practice of enlightened self-governance gives companies an edge.
Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Art Kleiner, Dov Seidman | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Ethics, Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior
Carol Bartz on Bad Bosses, Picking Your Fights and Saying ‘I Don’t Know’
Carol Bartz is widely-known in Silicon Valley for two things: being a high-profile executive at some of the best-known technology companies, and being a pull-no-punches speaker who says whatever is on her mind. Both traits were in evidence at a recent talk on Wharton’s San Francisco campus during which she discussed how bad bosses can be as instructive as good ones, how important it is … [ Read more ]
Content: Thought Leader | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Career, Leadership