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Rethinking the Role of the CIO

I read this article in Strategy + Business about the cycle of CIO turnover in large corporations. The article is well reasoned and the points are all relevant. But the challenge comes down to leadership. The article says that there is a large percentage of CIOs that report to the CFO or someone else…but don’t […]

Losing The War On Talent Is Easy Enough

But when I begin to question and dig a little, I find that the “leadership gap” is being caused by 2 primary drivers: 1. Not empowering employees to make decisions so that they can learn to take control of situations. 2. Stupid HR policies and management practices that turn talent off from joining or staying […]

Leadership Vacuum…

Recently I have thrown around the term “leadership gap” a lot…because I have heard it a lot. As I have been working with and talking to clients and leaders in organizations, I have begun to realize that there isn’t a “gap” so much as a vacuum. When I say “leadership vacuum,” I mean that because […]

Responsibilities of Communication

Communication at its most basic is a transfer of information between two living beings. Yet, as a society, we spend a lot of time focusing on the talking aspect of communication. When the real money is made in the listening, where people can tell you their wants, needs, desires. But as communicators, both senders and […]

The Biggest Problem With America Currently

Is that there are too many constituencies that are focused on beating their advisories and not enough people that are looking at America and its success as a partnership.

How Do You Lead?

When I go in to talk with management of an organization, if I am feeling like I am not getting to the point, I might ask the question…“are you leading with a microscope or a telescope."

Which Kind Of Leader Are You?

I gave a talk at SAIC recently called “Leading Is Communicating” and in the presentation I talked about there are two types of leaders…visionary and task oriented. Visionary: think Ronald Reagan, MLK Jr, Steve Jobs, or 2008 era Barack Obama. Task Oriented: think of Bill Gates, LBJ, or Tim Cook. In the presentation, I pointed […]