For Transformational Leadership
Where do we look next for an economic system that can provide prosperity while also respecting the limits of the planet? Simply "greening" the current system won't solve the current conundrum where some parts of the world consume at unsustainable levels while vasts swaths of the planet endure … [Read more...]
I would like to declare a leadership holiday: let's send leadership cliches on an extended vacation. Ours is a field that has always been awash to trite little bromides but the 140-character demands of social media have amped up the volume. Try a Twitter search on #leadership and you’ll soon be … [Read more...]
When Greg Smith left Goldman Sachs on March 14, he certainly did it with a bang: an op-ed in the New York Times was his farewell note. What warranted such a statement? Smith, a mid-level employee who had spent his entire career at Goldman, alleged that the firm’s culture had become so toxic and … [Read more...]
GMI (Governance Metrics International) recently released its 2012 Women on Boards rankings. The good news: there are more women serving on boards -- more than 10% of board members are now women. The bad news: that still isn't very many given that women make up 44% of the work force. Why does this … [Read more...]
Competitive advantage has, since the term first was coined, been valued as something to be treasured, protected, and fiercely defended. It was from competitive advantage that profit was derived after all. That may no longer be the case. It may actually be time to start giving competitive … [Read more...]
There has been a lot of activity on the stakeholder vs. shareholder capitalism front over the last year or so. Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Umair Haque, Michael Porter, Mark Kramer, Eric Lowitt, Chris Meyer, Julia Kirby and others have all written something about the need for corporate leaders to … [Read more...]
Apple is in a fix: while its stock price is sky high and customers clamor for its products, its suppliers have apparently been engaging in less than stellar labor and environmental practices when creating those sleek devices. While Apple has taken some steps to rectify this in recent days, the … [Read more...]
"Maximizing shareholder value has been the mantra of corporate boards for at least the last two decades. But the ways to boost profit have changed dramatically in that time. And boards are struggling to keep up." In my most recent post in The Christian Science Monitor I suggest that boards would … [Read more...]
Bob leads the international business of a consumer goods company. He finds it difficult to concentrate in meetings and becomes impatient and aggressive with people who cannot get their point across in 30 seconds or less. Sarah has a C level role at a global financial services company. She … [Read more...]
At the RoseMont Institute we talk often of what we see as a global leadership crisis. The good people at Harvard's Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership have once again put forward evidence of that crisis, at least in the United States though we are sure the results would be similar … [Read more...]
The world faces a leadership crisis. Confidence in leaders has declined significantly in recent years resulting in what many leadership experts are now saying are significant threats to our economic and environmental systems. What we believe is needed is fresh thinking about the challenges leaders … Read More