April 19th, 2010 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

I was struck by a local news item in The Washington Post on Brian Betts, a model middle school principal, who was found gunned down in his home. While the ...more »

April 1st, 2010 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

The inaugural issue of The Korn/Ferry Institute's quarterly journal, Briefings on Talent & Leadership, has an article on one of the giants in the study of Leadership, Warren Bennis. Apparently ...more »

February 11th, 2010 at 3:05 pm » Comments (0)

A professional speaker colleague of mine, Sam Geist, talks about the most important three feet for a sales person–that three foot distance lying between you and your customer. He even ...more »

December 21st, 2009 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

I'm returning to the work of Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman one more time. They found a significant relationship between the degree to which a manager is strong in the ...more »

December 14th, 2009 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman in their latest book, The Inspiring Leader, share a remarkable piece of data about how to move your leadership ability to its full potential. Their ...more »

December 3rd, 2009 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

McKinsey & Company did an online survey of 734 executives in September to compare "the most important behaviors for managing corporate performance" in the future–once the good times start rolling ...more »

October 26th, 2009 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

In July, 2009, Booz Allen Hamilton published an interesting study of leaders in the U.S. Federal Government, entitled "What It Takes to Change Government." The goal was to determine how ...more »

October 19th, 2009 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

I am once again inspired by The Washington Post's feature, The Question, this time in the October 18 edition. Given all the recent hoo-haw about Barack Obama receiving the Nobel ...more »