You don’t hear much about CEOs and their Boards until there are problems, and then you hear a ton. When things finally hit the newspapers, it makes you wonder what …
September, 2017
August, 2017
An interesting leadership moment was recounted recently by sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy in the pages of the Boston Globe. Star Boston Red Sox pitcher David Price verbally accosted NESN sportscaster …
July, 2017
I spoke earlier this week to a roomful of young entrepreneurial leaders, each of them already well underway with their startups, on the topic of building strong teams. As …
May, 2017
This iconic line from the first Star Wars movie came to mind this morning as I sat to write about the passing of the first leader I ever knew: my …
May, 2017
Academic research has revealed that the most powerful determinant of a company’s performance is not leadership, but the condition of the markets in which it competes[1]. ‘A rising tide floats …
March, 2017
Monitoring the national political soundscape for evidence of intelligent leadership this month has been an exercise in futility. There have been notes from every register of the audible spectrum, but …
February, 2017
The daily firestorms of our national debate this month have produced clatter in the halls and offices, and clutter in the minds as we duly attend the onboarding of our …
January, 2017
January has been a dizzying month for leadership, eh? Saber-rattling by the world’s major powers was in the news regularly, as the closely watched Trump spoke out provocatively on China, …
December, 2016
Each year, I am amazed once again by the part from the Christmas story that concerns the three wise men. The focal point of the story for Christians of course …
November, 2016
In this remarkable time of transition in leadership of our country, I’ve found a hidden source of wisdom in the sayings of former pro football coach Bill Parcells. Parcells was …