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Leaders
Developing Leaders
Garry L. Mc Daniel (garrymcdaniel@aol.com)
In 1997, the Corporate Executive Board, a highly respected research institute, concluded a comprehensive study of over one hundred non-profit, high technology, healthcare, manufacturing and service organizations on the topic of leadership. The purpose of the research was to learn what advances and challenges existed in the area of leadership development across these many organizations. The findings are
sobering. PDF (4 pages, 126KB)
Try
Verbal Drafting for Your Next Speech
Margaret Keys (info@margaretkeys.com)
Picture yourself preparing a written report. You sit at your desk (pen, PC, or dictating machine at hand), and with an occasional glance at notes or files, you crank out a first draft. You don't expect to get it right the first time. You expect to "blue-pencil" or "red-pencil" draft after draft, until you're satisfied that your writing is clear and concise and fits the perceptions of your reader -- boss, colleague, client, or public. Why, then, avoid using the same type of sequence in producing a speech? PDF (1 page, 10KB)
The
8 Most Common Myths About Teamwork
Christopher Avery (cavery@partnerwerks.com)
It's time to debunk them and get your team on the right track. (1 page, 80KB)
Hope
for the Self-Actualized Worker: The Conscious Organization
John Renesch (John@Renesch.com)
Thanks to all the corporate scandals making headlines these days, the
public is keenly aware of how unethical behavior can be condoned in today's hallowed halls of capitalism. Any long-term observer of the workplace knows that organizations - particularly publicly-traded multinational corporations - continue to devolve as life-draining,
bureaucratic places to work. It is harder and harder for vital and alive
people to endure working in these large companies without some bit of coopting or what many call the "selling of one's soul." PDF (2 pages, 64KB)
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