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Lessons from “Three Non-Leadership Lessons from the Life of Steve Jobs”
The last Strategic Leadership Communication blog entry, “Three Non-Leadership Lessons from the Life of Steve Jobs,” generated more comments than any other entry yet – mostly positive and most sent as personal notes to me. A couple of resulting observations: … Continue reading
Three Non-Leadership Lessons from the Life of Steve Jobs
The untimely death of Steve Jobs, amidst the astonishing success of Apple, resulted in an enormous, effusive and understandable outpouring of worshipful praise for him and for his leadership. He was celebrated for his genius by the Technorati, mourned around-the-world … Continue reading
Getting in Touch with Reality: Three Simple Suggestions for CEOs Who Want to Connect with their Front Line
In the last entry of Strategic Leadership Communication, we pointed out something probably self-evident already, and aptly demonstrated by the show Undercover Boss: those at the top are out of touch with the reality of those on the front lines. … Continue reading
Are CEOs in Touch with Reality? Uh…. Not Really.
A friend of mine works with a CEO who has appeared on the television show, “Undercover Boss,” (and who has been basking in the glow of his appearance ever since.) Given the positive corporate and personal publicity that resulted, it … Continue reading
The Best Ideas Don’t Win, The Best Advocates Do: An Interview With John Daly, Author of “Advocacy: Championing Ideas and Influencing Results” (Part 3)
John Daly, one of the world’s leading communication experts, is the Liddell Centennial Professor of Communication, TCB Professor of Management and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas, Austin. In Part 1 of the interview, we discussed why … Continue reading
The Best Ideas Don’t Win, the Best Advocates Do: An Interview with John Daly, Author of “Advocacy: Championing Ideas and Influencing Results” (Part 2)
John Daly, one of the world’s leading communication experts, is the Liddell Centennial Professor of Communication, TCB Professor of Management and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas, Austin. In Part 1 of the interview, we discussed why … Continue reading
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The Best Ideas Don’t Win, the Best Advocates Do: An interview with John Daly, Author of “Advocacy: Championing Ideas and Influencing Results” (1)
John Daly, one of the world’s leading communication experts, is the Liddell Centennial Professor of Communication, TCB Professor of Management, and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas, Austin. Daly is the author of numerous books and over … Continue reading
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Power and Persuasion: A CEO Responds
My last entry, “Power and Persuasion: Friends or Foes? (Part 2),” cited evidence that the “subjective experience of power” tended to result in what researcher Leigh Plunkett Tost of Duke University called the “power-induced neglect of the judgments of others.”[1] … Continue reading
Power and Persuasion: Friends or Foes? (Part 2)
Is there some way that having power undermines one’s willingness to use persuasion to engage employees? That is the question. The answer is “No!”…. If you think persuasion means strong-arming someone into compliance by the strength of your arguments or … Continue reading
Power and Persuasion: Friends or Foes? (Part 1)
When you’re on vacation the idea is to not think about business, to not let the “itch” of issues get under your skin. In that sense, my time off this summer was…. well, let’s call it a semi-success. Part of … Continue reading
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