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Feature Article: Leading the Enterprise
I’ve always wanted to be an iconoclast. I mean, an effective iconoclast: someone who can powerfully and successfully challenge our conventional thinking, our conventional wisdom. Perhaps that is why the…
Leadership Coaching Tip
Coaching for Enterprise Leadership Executive coaching can be helpful to leaders in developing strategy. They may want to get a handle on their relationships with stakeholders and how those relationships…
Leadership Quote
“…[John] Sunderland [CEO of Cadbury Schweppes], [Brian] Pitman [CEO of Lloyds TSB] and Mike Parker, president and CEO of Dow Chemical, are all leaders who have had the confidence to…
Leadership Quote
“Our message to young leaders is not that the personality-driven model of leadership is headed for extinction, nor do we believe that it should be. Clearly it will continue in…
Leadership Coaching Tip
It is not enough to help the individual leader develop competencies. It is also important to help them understand their motivations and relationships with what is challenging them and their…
A Fresh Perspective: Partnership An Interview with Riane Eisler
Introduction: You can read about Riane Eisler in the interview by clicking here. However, before you do so you may find the following material to be interesting and in harmony…
Feature Article: The Leader As a Team Player
In the prior issue I described teamwork among leaders as inspired collaboration. Note that teamwork rests upon a foundation of organization and purpose, all dedicated to achieving evolving business objectives. This perspective…
Leadership Quote
“There is a certain mythology right now in the world that thinks the CEO is a kind of superman.But in fact, this business is so darn complicated, and the decisions…
Feature Article: The Limited Requirements of Teamwork
The quote from Kevin Sharer, CEO of Amgen, the world’s largest biotech company, serves two purposes in support of the perspective, map and coaching approach I am laying out in…
Leading Comments
Russ Volckmann
Mission I am grateful for the more than three hundred subscribers to Leadership Opportunity Your support means that we can move together closer to a way of viewing and being in the…