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Did Steve Jobs Leave You Frustrated?

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David Harper
In my previous post Why Are You Still Running On Your Hamster Wheel?, I referred to Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford commencement address (here’s the text version as well). As I write, this specific posting has been viewed over 12 million times, with millions more having viewed other postings of the same video. No doubt, many of you saw clips from it on the nightly news, in stories relating to Jobs’…

When Can You Smack Me Upside the Head?

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David Harper
In this month’s post, I give you permission to smack me upside the head (metaphorically speaking, of course) if I ever make it seem or if I ever suggest that leadership is easy. If you’re like me, your inbox is full of newsletters and email articles on leadership and management.  Many I don’t read, because the author makes the mistake of suggesting that leadership is easy: “The 5 Easy Leadership Skills to…

Who’s More Lost: You or Your Luggage?

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David Harper
The man beside me at the counter was irate.  He didn’t yell, but you could see by the expression on his face and by his body language that he was incredulous. We had been promised by the gate agent in Newark that our carry-on bags, which they required us to check at the gate, would be available to us in Atlanta.  The flight out of Newark was more than 2…

A Prescription for Business Myopia

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David Harper
Dominic Barton, global managing director of McKinsey & Company and a Canadian who for 25 years has counseled business, public sector, and nonprofit leaders across the globe (he’s lived in Toronto, Sydney, Seoul, Shanghai, and now London), offers a thoughtful essay on Capitalism for the Long Term.

Who is More Effective, an Extroverted or an Introverted Leader?

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David Harper
The US business culture practically worships an extroverted leader.  They are often viewed as the ones with the “right stuff”.  At minimum, their brand of self-confidence can provide a feeling of reassurance, albeit a false or naive one at times. The result is that introverted leaders often feel that somehow they don’t have what it takes to be effective, as if their personality was a mismatch for leading companies and…

Are You Paying the Price for Your Slow Burn?

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David Harper
Nothing like an economic crisis to bring latent leadership issues to the forefront. If you were grooming and “weeding” your people during the good times, chances are you’re doing better than other leaders during these challenging times. If you weren’t focused on the quality of your people during the good times, changes are your suffering extra now. As companies have pared back on staffing levels, leaders have assumed greater responsibility…

Why and When Boards of Directors Let Their CEOs Go

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David Harper
Sure, numbers matter. But not hitting your numbers is only one reason Boards fire their CEOs. Trust or confidence in the CEO is crucial. Employee relations (both the proper and the improper kind) is a key concern to Boards. And there is the matter of responsiveness to customers. All are considered by Boards when determining the fate of the incumbent. For more, click here for an interesting article from Wharton.

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