The Economist last week had an article entitled “Sympathy for the Boss“.  It is a poor title for an interesting piece based on some of the findings of Steve Tappin and Andrew Cave in their book “The Secrets of CEOS: 150 Global Chief Executives Lift the Lid on Business, Life and Leadership”.  Are we really suppose to [...]

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Hear Barry Oshry, author of “Seeing Systems” and “Leading Systems” discuss the human systems dynamics underlying his groundbreaking work. Learn how to move past system blindness and toward system sight where people live and work together productively.

Barry’s 40-year career as an innovative educator, author and workshop developer is amazing.   What drives Tops to be territorial? [...]

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The Altaisins believe that the Shamans (healers, holders of the Truth –the Knowledge) originated from Altai. Many shamans were killed in a meeting years ago –a meeting called to enable peace. Those who listened to their inner knowing did not attend and survived.Of the direct decendents of those original Shamans, only a few remain. [...]

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Special limited time offer: Access the entire April issue of Harvard Business Review free of charge, this month at HBR.org.
While the feature article on Google is an interesting read, we recommend Stewart D. Friedman’s article (video below) and Can You Say What Your Strategy Is? by David J. Collis and Michael G. Rukstad:
It’s a [...]

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I look closely when things appear coincidental for I suspect synchronicity is at play. Whether or not it is popular – I do believe that The Universe unfolds as it should. And so when the following 19 minutes video was sent to me, I paid attention.
Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain [...]

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Each morning when I get up, I have the unique privilege of looking out my bedroom window to see if the Mont Blanc can been seen. It is only 100 km away and the weather has been excellent these past three days. I never cease to be amazed of its magnificence and I [...]

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I recently had the opportunity to working with a group of strong leaders who where struggling with the challenges of building a cohesive team.  It wasn’t surprising to anyone when they got the report back from the online 5 Dysfunctions of a Team Assessment.  The results were low on four of the five dysfunctions.  
Their [...]

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By: Deon Binneman
An organization derives its reputation from its stakeholders. Therefore the perceptions that is created through the things stakeholders see, read, hear about or experience first hand.
But what is a stakeholder? The word stakeholder means anyone that has a legal, moral or economic stake in an activity. Some stakeholders have more clout than others, [...]

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When the following Forbes article by Rebecca Ruiz “Eight Hot Spots For Volunteer Travel” arrived in my Outlook, I was intrigued. The teaser read:
These trips will improve your cultural literacy and likely make you a better business leader.
Could we be looking for something bigger than our daily lives and jobs?
A Travelocity survey of [...]

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For quite some time, HBR has offered some interesting case studies. A list in order of popularity can be found at this search. Traditionally, just four experts are invited to comment on the case. With the new interactive version however, HBR invites you to contribute your solution.

Besides seeing this short introductory interview video [...]

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