3 Leadership Lessons that Steve Jobs Never Learned

Imagine the potential Steve Jobs had if he had been a Leader… A quick Google search will return descriptive words for Steve Jobs, who passed away the evening of October 5th, 2011. Genius Visionary Perfectionist Hard-driving executive Brilliant Creative Master Showman Cult Hero Co-founder Without a doubt, there is something quite amazing about watching someone [...]

How to Lead Opportunity in a Downhill Market

Lessons From a Start-Up in the Music Industry Leadership starts with first leading one’s self. This is a compelling story in leading one’s self toward a grand vision and doing what it takes to succeed. While established artists like Jon Bon Jovi curse the new distribution schemes of the music business, others take a reverse [...]

How Do Leaders Make Time for Social Media?

You read every day about the importance of getting involved with Social Media – LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, blogging…the list can seem endless. If you haven’t already jumped on the bandwagon, you may be thinking this: “Who has time for that, with everything else I’m juggling at work?” It would be easy for an already-swamped [...]

Katie Couric’s Evolution to Leadership

While tiptoeing through the tulips of online nice-to-knows, I stumbled upon a time capsule of sorts. Er, wait a second.  That really doesn’t do it justice.  Let me try this again. While in search of what seems a nearly impossible task of satisfying my curious and insatiable mind for learning something new (that’s better), I [...]

Being a Green Leader: Grass Stain or Green Suit

We have been bombarded with “green” this and “green” that. So what exactly does “green” mean? Is it just a grass stain or is it a green suit? What I am asking is this:  Are these “green” practices temporary or are they lasting? Are these practices which will be washed out by the next intervention [...]

Aligning IT Leadership with the Business

Leadership shows up in every department within every organizations. Every department managers, supervisor, director, VP or above has the responsibility to know what they are doing and to communicate their vision to their teams. Part of this responsibility has to do with working ON their business while working IN their business. When any department leader takes [...]

Leadership and IT Transformation

Leadership impacts everyone. And leadership takes its form in many different roles and departments within companies and organizations around the globe. One department that impacts almost everyone these days is the information technology, or IT department. In fact, if your IT leader wasn’t doing a good job, you might not even be reading this article! [...]

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