When friends and I began talking about character-based leadership on LinkedIn and Twitter and as the group was beginning to grow, we each had different ideas about how to “apply” character-based leadership. How could we actually make a difference? How do we actually make the connection between our social-media interactions and our real-life world? In » Read More
Tag Archives: Commitment
The War on Apathy Continues …
We have seen the enemy… Do you ever get tired of going through the motions? You know what I mean. In a bit of passive aggression, we give less than our best because our heart is just not in the activity. We do what we have to and no more. Can you think of times » Read More
War With Apathy
In a discussion a few days ago, Mandy Vavrinak made an observation that I promised to write about. She has a knack with words and can typically apply precise wording to a particular effort or idea. She said I was “at war with apathy.” The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines apathy as: A lack of feeling » Read More
Look What They Make You Give
Did you see the recent Bourne movies; The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatum? In the first movie, The Bourne Identity, Jason and Marie run into the countryside to hide out at her friend Eamon’s chateau. Another of the Treadstone assasins, The Professor, played by Clive Owen comes to kill Bourne, but » Read More
Furloughs or Commitment
I read a very perceptive post on Harvard Business Review’s blog by Tammy Erickson called How the Recession Is Changing Talent Management. You need to read the article because she presents a compelling case for how the actions of businesses contribute to the prevailing attitude of free-agency in managerial and professional workers. She claims that » Read More
Who Do You Love?
It seemed as I was graduating from college in the early 1980′s, prevailing business thought revolved around a passion for the customer. Business writing seemed to be dominated by the power of the customer at least from a marketing perspective. Customers selected the style of car and the flavor of food. Customers were front-and-center of » Read More
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Cynthia J Stewart says
Great reflections on how to use anger constructively, Mike. Anger actually has a...
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