FROM GREG’S DESK
Because your real job is change.
I was a recent guest on The Stakeholder Podcast….
Ed Freeman invited me to The Stakeholder Podcast to discuss leadership and the recent U.S. election. The conversation is broad in scope and offers new perspectives on leadership and what we expect from our leaders.
For Your Turkey Day… Making ‘We Are the World’--Leadership, Teaming, & Feeling Good
Over the weekend, I watched the Netflix documentary (The Greatest Night in Pop) of the making of the recording of the song ‘We Are the World’ (1985) … It was my second viewing. This time with family. A joy…again!
The Massive Issue Going Mainly Unaddressed
The button. The ultimate issue for us, for all of us…most immediately, in this election. Or, more accurately, whose finger do you want on the nuclear launch button? Who do you want the nuclear ‘football’ following around?
Dreams, Work, Flow--More Music for More Hard Times: Kristofferson, Joplin, and Morvan
One way that I know it’s crunch time for me—in a personal, internal, up at 3 am way: when I start playing a lot of music. Right now, I’ve returned to the blues because, as Lead Belly said, “The blues is a tonic for whatever ails you.”
Leading at Leadership Succession
Succession dominates the current news feeds. The news currently focuses on political succession, but many of the issues exist in senior-level leadership succession generally.
An Invitation: listen to and comment on this wide-ranging and personal podcast
Professor R. Edward Freeman, generally acclaimed maven of stakeholder theory, University of Virginia Professor (Darden Business School), and longtime friend of mine recently invited me onto his popular podcast,
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When leaders and their organizations face challenges, there's a lot at stake… The “hard stuff” is often the “soft stuff”— like building and maintaining strong working relationships among leaders and their people. Challenging times place special demands on organizations and everyone in them. Through this blog, I will share insights and lessons from my research and field experience on the perspective, skills, and support you need to handle those demands.