We should all delight more in our humanity and the capabilities of people, and stop looking for a button to push. Afterall, in a world where programming enables the button to push itself, we’re wasting our own unique abilities to think, explore, innovate and create when we spend time doing nothing more than learning to push the button. [Read more]
Establishing a classroom culture
September 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
In essence, the classroom is a microcosm of a learning culture. The suggestions we so often discuss for creating leaders who bring out the best in people are already present in a typical classroom. Whether a pre-kindergarten class or an adult graduate course, the traits are common: Patience, planning, flexibility, respect for others, learning from mistakes, constant communication and measureable criteria for success or failure provided at regular, frequent intervals. [Read more]
Best of MFP: My Greatest Teachers: 5 Lessons for Everyone
July 8, 2010 By 5 Comments
Leadership and Management Effectiveness: Training the Bear (Literally)
June 28, 2010 By 1 Comment
So, I’m getting caught up after a family vacation to New Hampshire’s Mount Washington Valley. Among the amusement parks, water slides, train rides, over-excited children, over-tired parents, souvenirs, and ice cream sundaes, I came across one of the most amazing examples of effectively managing another’s performance I’ve ever seen. About 200 or more people gathered [...]
The Best Advice Ever: Never Point at a Problem.
May 10, 2010 By 12 Comments
Several years ago, when I was just a couple years out of college, I strutted into my boss’s office with (what I thought at the time) was a brilliant observation. I declared there were a number of activities going on within our department that were in violation of approved procedures and policies. I laid out [...]
Manager or Leader? Don’t Aspire to be Either.
April 23, 2010 By 5 Comments
A trip through the many management blogs and discussion forums out there inevitably involves an encounter with the debate over whether or not individuals should aspire to be leaders or managers, or which one is a loftier ambition than the other. Most people indicate that some combination is required for success, that the skills and [...]
Recent Comments