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Posts Tagged ‘short stuff’
A thought on leadership
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
Team Blue Thunder, rally in progress
I’m coaching my son’s youth baseball team. I’ve found that leading a group of 11-year-old boys is pretty much the same as leading a group of adult professionals.
In both cases, the job involves:
- keeping them focused
- keeping them motivated
- removing roadblocks to allow them to remain productive
- assigning each individual a role that benefits the entire team while complementing that person’s skills, interests and style.
Finally, here’s a quote on leadership, with which I wholeheartedly agree, that’s attributed to the book, The Four Agreements: A practical guide to personal freedom:
“The primal responsibility of leadership is to prime good feeling in the people we lead.”
How does one do that other than by helping them fill a role they enjoy, and then helping them to stay motivated, focused and productive?
OK, there may be one difference between adults and kids: Adults aren’t as motivated by the promise of pretzels and a juice pouch.
I have just reached the point at which…
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009I have just reached the point at which … … as I’m sitting down at the computer to work, I would rather spend an extra 10 looking for my reading glasses than just gutting through the session by straining my eyes.
That’s got to be some kind of tipping point.
A must-read for all you content types (that’s ‘editorial’) in the old paradigm
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Here are 7 non-nonsense rules for any editorial types who plan to survive the 2009 Media Meltdown and transform themselves into the content creators of the future. For the detail, read the original blog on Recessionwire, written by Laura Rich, a journalist and regular contributor there.
- Readers are your competitors — and your friends.
- Identify your expertise.
- Build your brand.
- Be transparent.
- Crowdsource (actively seek participation in the development of your story).
- Use self service tools.
- Interact with your readers.
You’ll find the full explanation behind each at the original blog.
Go forth, do good and do well.
American Pie send-up on media
Friday, June 5th, 2009
Anyone living through the media meltdown will enjoy this clever 9-minute rewrite of the old Don McLean anthem.
Can Obama be good for business?
Thursday, May 28th, 2009Conventional wisdom among many of the people I know — regardless of how they feel about President Obama’s social agenda — is that his economic agenda is pretty tough on business.
As reported by Stacy Blackman at bnet.com, Dr. Robert Frank at Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management and a New York Times columnist, feels othewise. I’m especially intrigued by his view on universal health care.
With apologies to The New Yorker
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009From a New York Times wire story in The Plain Dealer:
This morning, at the American Museum of Natural History, researchers will unveil a 47-million-year-old fossil they say could revolutionize the understanding of human evolution at a ceremony.
A truly epochal event.
