Bleh. I just sat through a presentation where the corporate-speak was as thick as pea soup and as gag-inducing as well. News flash for leaders: jargon doesn’t make you sound smarter. It just makes you a target for parody. If you sound at all like Talking Hand Bob, your team is having a lot of…
Leadership Development Carnival – November 2012
The November 2012 Leadership Development Carnival is up at Dan McCarthy’s blog Great Leadership. It’s a hefty carnival – 32 submissions this month. Lots of great reading – a few highlights: – Are you coachable? – Business ethics and rationalization – Your leadership promise – Slowing down – the next big cultural challenge I’m…
Apple in the Orchard
I grew up in the “fruit belt” of southwest Michigan, surrounded by fields of blueberries, raspberries and concord grapes. Because of this, I’m drawn to works with agricultural motifs. So when my colleague Sonia DiMaulo told me she was writing a book based in an apple orchard, I couldn’t wait to read it. The Apple…
4 Ways Young Professionals Can Quash Gen Y Stereotypes
Mr. People Equation went to a company training session where the topic was “how to manage the Millennial workforce”. He even brought home a handy reference sheet* with tips for managing members of the Gen Y workforce. A few of the more interesting suggestions were: Unbundle complex tasks- teach them what they need to know,…
Is Your Story a Comfortable Fit?
Halloween is my favorite holiday. I can dress up and be anybody I want to be. It’s like “trying on” a new identity for a brief period of time. It’s fun when people compliment my costume efforts – “how clever!” and “how original!” Too bad Halloween only comes once a year. Wouldn’t it…