“Para descer, todo Santo ajuda” (to go down all the Saints are helpful) say the pragmatic people of the Brazilian state of Bahia (where my wonderful wife comes from). A recent event brought this old saying back to the surface: the Fundação Dom Cabral (www.fdc.org.br) for whom I design and deliver tailored programs a week/month in Brazil, has just announced…
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When Followers Give Legitimacy To Their Leader
Sunday May 30th, 2010 9 commentsDuncan Sterling was the kind of student any Dean would dream of having on their M.B.A. as his sharp mind and remarks were keeping faculty on the edge and he would “take no bullshit”… I guess he hasn’t changed much! He commented on a recent post of this blog and added a clip which I am afraid many of us…
Leadership is the ball: leadership is a collective process not an individual attribute
Sunday May 2nd, 2010 3 commentsSynchronicity may be seen as a pure coincidence, or an esoteric “was written in the stars” sort of blessed encounter or the fact that we create our own flourishing environment by continuously sharing, listening and being curious. Such a fortunate moment happened this Saturday when, on the one hand, I was proud to be invited in Macolin (Switzerland national elite…
“The Universal Myth keeps our people engaged through difficult times”
Saturday November 28th, 2009 2 commentsOne of the most powerful ways to engage people through difficult times is by helping them realize that their suffering, doubts and frustrations are legitimate while being authentic in pointing towards the light at the end of the tunnel. A friend of ours, David Pearl (http://www.pearlgroup.net), introduced me to the work of Joseph Campbell (1904-1987), a respected mythologist, professor and…
“What causes resistance to change”
Sunday November 15th, 2009 0 commentsI recently met a solid leader, deeply engaged in a post acquisition integration project. As usual, the project management part of the process was well thought of and under control. However, he was concerned with a more subtle part of the integration: How to ensure that the biggest asset targeted in the acquisition, people, their experience, passion and intelligence wouldn’t…