Did Nelson Mandela Use Quantum Leadership Techniques?
How do you lead and manage an organization when it has a billion people or more? Classical leadership theory addresses organizations of hundreds and thousands, but not millions or billions. Some organizations, such as government bureaucracies and religions, have reached that size. So we have to think about a new paradigm When you lead an […]
Six Strategies to Prepare a CFO to become a Good CEO
Can a CFO move on to become a good CEO? Can a CFO even become a CEO? Often CFOs are seen as being too technical and narrow to take over the strategic and non-technical aspects of a CEO’s job. And, in fact, at least in the US, although some CFOs do become CEOs, they only […]
Tim Tebow and Aaron Hernandez: How Many Touchdowns to Go as Leaders?
OK full disclosure: I live in Gainesville, Florida, the home of the Gators, my office is a half-mile from the University of Florida and on weekends I hear nothing else but Gator talk. Unfortunately I don’t follow football. But of course you can’t live in Gator-land without knowing about Tim Tebow and Aaron Hernandez, local […]
“Jobs” the Film: Can a Narcissistic Bully be a Good Leader?
I just went to see “Jobs” the film. A warning: the opening scenes are cringe-worthy and I almost walked out. It gets better after that although never great. But it’s pretty accurate in its view of Jobs. The view of the film is pretty much summed up by Jobs’ first and only real boss who […]