Leading With A Whole New Mind
Leadership With a Twist
I recently blogged about my friend, Kenny Moore, giving a talk sponsored by the American Management Association on leadership. Click here to get the recording. Well worth the time it takes to listen. Kenny is insightful, passionate, fresh in his thinking. He’s nothing less than brilliant on this recording.
Read MoreSylvia Acevedo
While I was in Austin last week, I had the good fortune of meeting Sylvia Acevedo, a three-time entrepreneur and former sales and marketing executive in high-tech (Apple, Autodesk, Dell, IBM). She has a master’s degree in engineering from Stanford and started her career at Jet Propulsion Labs. Not too shabby. Her current company, CommuniCard,…
Read MoreTalent Wars for Accountants
Yep, you read that right. Since Sarbanes-Oxley was adopted in 2002, there’s been an increasing demand for accountants. And how are accounting firms attracting new recruits? Through stories. The Wall Street Journal reports that Deloitte and Touche, one of the Big Four accounting firms, is asking "employees to make short videos about their experiences at…
Read MoreSept 26 Webcast: Leadership With a Twist
Friend and colleague, Kenny Moore will be interviewed by the American Management Association on Weds, Sept 26, during a free hour-long webcast. The topic is "Leadership With a Twist" and here’s how Kenny frames this event: "This program will be engaging, interactive and an opportunity for the audience to be uniquely involved in influencing my…
Read MoreWays to Play
Great article by Pat Kane, author of the book, Play Ethic, on the different categories of play. He points to five ways that businesses could be making use of play–to develop their talent pool, to be more adaptable to change, to be more innovative. I particularly like Kane’s definition of play: "to take reality lightly"…
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