Mark Advisory Services7 Future Forces Not to be Ignored
From futurist Bob Johansen….. Two new forces — what Johansen calls “known unknowns” — will play out in the next 10 years: digital natives and cloud-served supercomputing. Both are obvious and yet “wildly unpredictable.” Digital natives — those 16-years-old or younger… Read More
Being a Developmental Manager
Source: Great Leadership
Why Buy Facebook?
Best rationale yet for why Facebook will be economically successfully. I’m particularly drawn to Facebook credits as a business. Source: Forbes
How to Pick and Stick to Career Goals
I always admired “kids”, MBA students as well as my own, who knew exactly what they wanted career-wise. I sure didn’t and sort of fell into consulting by being transferred around to different posts with Citibank. I finally… Read More
The Steve Jobs Way
My alma mater Booz & Co. publishes an interesting dissection of Jobs as a leader. I think he was a once in a century type of leader who didn’t have to learn any leadership theory or management principles…. Read More
The Five Personalities of Innovators: Which One Are You?
An interesting article in innovation. “No one group can be considered the purest “entrepreneurial group,” but Movers and Shakers and Experimenters may be the closest. They have the strongest tendency to be internally driven, in control and bridle… Read More
The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs
Walter Isaaccson, author of the best selling biography on Steve Jobs reacts to how many readers have focused on the rough side of Job’s personality. In this update, he focuses on the real leadership lessons we can all… Read More
Own Your Own Development
What role do coaches play in an executive’s development? This article provides interesting insights in key areas: “CCL’s approach to coaching rests on several factors, including: The manager — not the coach — chooses what to focus on…. Read More
Boundary Spanning in Action
Align group boundaries to identify new ways to resolve business issueS! “The Team Charter Off-Site is a tactic we use and recommend for setting out a team’s uniqueness and direction (a buffering tactic, if you’re familiar with our… Read More
The Economic Roots of Your Life Crisis
This is a terrific blog on seemingly everyone’s midlife business crisis, what really matters in the new corporate reality, what you can take control of to avoid crisis. It’s very insightful and discusses how instructions of today and… Read More