http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership The latest news brought to you by MySpace! Sat, 17 May 2008 05:56:28 GMT http://newscdn.myspace.com/web.2.14/content/springwidget/leadership.xml http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17474273 Share this Page Chose Your Yardstick Carefully - Make Sure You Measure What is Most Important I used to frequently facilitate a five day workshop. As a part of the process for this workshop, we had a Thursday night dinner where all of the participants got The Kevin Eikenberry Group: Kevin's Blog Fri, 16 May 2008 20:55:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17474273 http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17459540 Over the last generation or so, the concept of leadership has been kidnapped by MBAs in grey suits and twisted out of all recognition (This is a guest post by John Fletcher. A paradox of leadership today These are the kinds of leaders organizations have Slow Leadership Fri, 16 May 2008 13:05:03 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17459540 http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17459294 Down through our history, presidents have provided a cornucopia of chuckles for a hard-pressed electorate. Franklin Pierce took a daily nude swim in the Potomac, and is the only sitting president who ever ran someone over with a horse. Andrew Johnson was a boozehound, Warren Harding a lush, Zachary Execupundit.com Fri, 16 May 2008 13:07:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17459294 http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17456586 Although it recently blew away its financial nay-sayers the media seems to grab for anything that looks like a weakness and pundits love nothing better than taking a poke at a high-flyer. This is expecially true when high-profile employees leave, which they Leadership Turn Fri, 16 May 2008 11:15:19 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17456586 http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17437117 Some people in the Black community are so excited to have a Black candidate representing them for a spot in the White House, that they've lost all sight of what's really going on.I was eating breakfast this morning, listening to the news, and heard Leader Notes Thu, 15 May 2008 16:18:47 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17437117 http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17474274 Share this Page Dare to Prepare: How to Win Before You Begin by Ronald M. Shapiro and Gregory Jordan Most everyone I know talks about the importance of preparation. In my own experience I can recount situations where my preparation made a difference, and The Kevin Eikenberry Group: Kevin's Blog Fri, 16 May 2008 20:50:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17474274 http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17366581 I, the undersigned, commit and agree to furnish all materials and labor necessary to design and create the LIFE OF MY DREAMS. I will pay the price that is necessary to reach my life’s dream and destiny, because I know that not fulfilling my destiny will Cultivate Greatness Tue, 13 May 2008 20:30:58 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17366581 http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17357405 Primal Leadership by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis & Annie McKee (Harvard Business School Press) Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, Richard Lannon: A General Theory of Love Leaders know and science has discovered emotionality's deeper purpose: the timeworn mechanisms of emotion allow two human beings to Coaching Tip: The Leadership Blog Tue, 13 May 2008 16:18:51 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17357405 http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17372798 I read an awesome book on economics called THE BIRTH OF PLENTY - HOW THE PROSPERITY OF THE MODERN WORLD WAS CREATED by William J. Bernstein. Throughout the book, he talks about four prerequisites for economic growth: - Secure property rights, not only for CEO Blog: Time Leadership Wed, 14 May 2008 01:09:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17372798 http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17459293 Friendship, flirting, consoling, teaching, guiding, supervising, and supporting can be enormously influenced by our ability to time and execute these properly. In the most subtle moments, one party moves a fraction of an inch and the spell is lost, perhaps Execupundit.com Fri, 16 May 2008 13:18:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17459293 http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17452040 Are you tired of the Chinese deficit, do you want to see less of it? Are you waiting for the Feds to fix it when you have the power to nix it? When you shop to avoid that sin check the country of origin, or if you must, buy second hand at garage sales, thrift stores or Aunt Pam. Best trick yet, Leadership Turn Fri, 16 May 2008 07:15:14 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17452040 http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17421475 Cassar believes that businesspeople — especially entrepreneurs, who bet both their reputations and personal wealth on their ventures — should understand the limitations of accounting estimates as well as how common human tendencies, like optimism, can lead to Slow Leadership Thu, 15 May 2008 12:42:48 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17421475 http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17339077 Everything a leader does and every time he or she does it, it's noticed and critiqued.I remember when I was a Branch Manager for the Olsten Corporation at their local offices here in Alabama. The other thing that was so unbelievably comical was that I was Leader Notes Mon, 12 May 2008 16:25:57 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17339077 http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17321142 Primal Leadership by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis & Annie McKee (Harvard Business School Press) Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, Richard Lannon: A General Theory of Love Leaders know and science has discovered emotionality's deeper purpose: the timeworn mechanisms of emotion allow two human beings to Coaching Tip: The Leadership Blog Mon, 12 May 2008 16:44:04 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17321142 http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17338227 I read a book yesterday by Dr. Chris Bart called The Tale of two Employees & the person who wanted to lead them. Since I am taking a course (on how to be a good corporate director) from Dr. Bart, I found it even more interesting since I could "hear" his CEO Blog: Time Leadership Tue, 13 May 2008 03:05:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17338227 http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17457574 Type-A personalities have a whole subset of diseases that they, and only they, share and the transmission vector for these diseases is the DOOR CLOSE button on elevators that only gets pushed by impatient, Type-A people. - Douglas Coupland Execupundit.com Fri, 16 May 2008 12:52:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17457574 http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17417596 “When asked if Google’s strategy would change as the economy heads into a likely recession, Schmidt replied: “What recession? Google’s vaunted innovation culture is always talked about in terms of catered food and in-house massages, but those and similar perks aren’t Leadership Turn Thu, 15 May 2008 09:15:02 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17417596 http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17385050 Well-intentioned ideas like these are no match for the harshness of entrenched organizational and financial systems Most people try to cope with ever more demanding jobs and escalating targets by working longer hours. But what if responding to workplace Slow Leadership Wed, 14 May 2008 12:34:01 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17385050 http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17390701 I didn't know how to respond because I don't regard myself as a success. The more I learn about various subjects, the more I'm humbled by the vast amount of material I haven't even studied, much less mastered. There is another aspect to this feeling: the sense that to declare oneself a success is a Execupundit.com Wed, 14 May 2008 15:01:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17390701 http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17348220 But according to John Zhang and Jagmohan Raju, both Wharton marketing professors, and Tony Haitao Cui, a University of Minnesota marketing and logistics professor, this behavior may produce the opposite results to the ones they expect — a fall in profits Slow Leadership Tue, 13 May 2008 12:12:53 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/leadership/item/17348220