What is leadership? I mean, really, what does it mean to you? I was recently speaking with an executive at a creative agency who was frustrated with his team. No one was bringing any ideas to the table, at least none that he felt were worth seriously entertaining, no matter how many times he invited,
The problem with problems is that we often don't start working on them until it's too late. This is especially true of organizational culture. By the time an issue becomes big enough to demand attention and real effort, the symptoms have usually been coursing unchecked through the system and wreaking havoc for quite a while.
I was having lunch with a good friend the other day and he was telling me about a trip he recently took. We hadn't seen each other in a couple of months, so we were enjoying the opportunity to catch up and soon slipped into the familiar rhythm of well-acquainted banter. During the majority of the
