Management

Permission to Fail

If you’ve had a long enough career, you’ve picked up a few management lessons along the way. Good bosses teach by example but the shortest trip up the learning curve often comes courtesy of bad managers. I learned something pretty powerful from a former boss.

Listen Up

I just finished viewing Julian Treasure’s TED Talks lecture entitled “5 Ways to Listen Better.”
Treasure says “we are losing our listening,” thanks to competing demands on our attention, including cellphones, email and ambient noise, to name three of many culprits.

Managing the Leadership Shortage

A report from Manhattan-based Beeson Consulting Inc. caught my eye. What is your organization doing to prepare for the leadership shortage? What programs target specifically the promotion of women?