Go kc Go .ashley is trashy and nasty.
Drugs on the beach
Remember Alex Murrel, the sassy brunette from Season 2 of Laguna Beach, who pursued a career in singing after her gig as a grade-A bitch fell through? Well she’s still working on that “debut album” (it’s totally coming out this year!) but has fallen in with a bit of a rough crowd. Her boyfriend Renzo Gamboa, a Peruvian illegal immigrant, was busted this week for selling cocaine out of her rented house.
“The immigration people came down and asked us for assistance,” said a Sargent with the Laguna Beach police department. “They found him at the girlfriend’s house and we assisted them, but we had a new charge to add on because of the cocaine in the house which was his.”
Murrel was questioned by the police and released, and is not expected to be charged. If this doesn’t help her music career make it, we’re not sure what will. Use it, Alex M! [Photo: GettyImages]
Off with the Queens head!
What happened to U.N.I.T.Y. between women? Because it looks like the only thing uniting Queen Latifah and her makeup artists right now is a lawsuit. Latifah is being sued by two women, cosmetologist Roxanna Floyd and stylist Susan Moses, after they accused her of breach of contract and non-payment.The women worked with Latifah on her CoverGirl ad campaign as well as on her Curvations lingerie line and they claim they were promised a salary that was never paid. All told, they are asking for $1 million in compensation for work they did from 2005 to 2008. A spokeswoman for Latifah says the claims are without merit.
Looks like Taxi isn’t the Queen’s only bad business decision. [Source: NY Daily News; Photo: WireImage]
Let's Link You To The Sports World
Below are the three promised links, either
click on it, or copy and paste, and of
course your audio blog of the day.
The Billy Gillispie YouTube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Faoev1qI3KE
The Canucks - Blackhawks Fight on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBY81jKIz7A
The Championship rings website:
http://www.myjewelrybox.com/articles/things+you+didnt+know+championship+rings
click on it, or copy and paste, and of
course your audio blog of the day.
The Billy Gillispie YouTube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Faoev1qI3KE
The Canucks - Blackhawks Fight on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBY81jKIz7A
The Championship rings website:
http://www.myjewelrybox.com/articles/things+you+didnt+know+championship+rings
Hott item of the week
Florals aren't just for hippies and girlie-girls anymore. Even rock stars can bloom this spring. Just take a look at Fergie and Victoria Beckham, who are fans of Valentino's textured tote. The leather petals are anything but prim and proper, so the purse goes with ripped jeans—and everything from Rag & Bone's edgy spring collection.
Rotten Candy
Candy Spelling is starting a new chapter in her life, which includes writing a frank memoir called Stories From Candyland – and selling the $150 million, 56,000-square-foot mansion where she's lived since 1991. Spelling, whose book is due out March 31, plans to move from her five-acre French Chateau-style mansion into a $47 million condo with 17,000 square feet; the same footage as her current attic. But she tells PEOPLE that she'd never have put Spelling Manor on the market if she thought she'd reconcile with her estranged daughter Tori, her husband Dean, and their two children, Liam and Stella.
"I don't see Tori and Dean anymore," the 63-year-old grandmother tells PEOPLE. "I used to see Liam, but no longer. And I've never met Stella."
Spelling, who was married to producer Aaron Spelling for 37 years before his death in 2007, says she's not sure why Tori is angry with her. "I've tried to talk to her, but that doesn't work. She may not even know why she's angry." When called by PEOPLE, a rep for Tori Spelling had no comment.
Despite the family's fracturing, Spelling says: "If I had any hope that I would have a relationship with my grandchildren I would never sell this house. I've fantasized for years about a wonderful playhouse on the grounds for children."
Hollys Playboy
Injured Holly Madision stepped out with a scruffy hottie over the weekend. So is he a possible new love interest or just a pal? Check out our gallery of Holly and her hottie lunching and strolling in Los Angeles Looks like she took a few pointers from Heff[Photo: Splash News Online]
Let's Get Down and Under
Looking at the many ways to approach a
subject the wrong way more than once,
and what's goes on on a slow news day.
subject the wrong way more than once,
and what's goes on on a slow news day.
Wrapping The Week Up
Coaching trees, and coaching mistakes,
as well desperation moves to start tenures.
Plus always a little news that you just
can't make up.
http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/9380510/NCAA-wants-no-part-of-ending-the-corruption
as well desperation moves to start tenures.
Plus always a little news that you just
can't make up.
http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/9380510/NCAA-wants-no-part-of-ending-the-corruption
Lead, follow? (Response)
Well said and timely. I think you are touching on something very real here, and something that runs pretty deep. I do not think the real issue at hand is that we have the wrong leaders, but to a large degree it is that we have the wrong way of leadership...and that is something that we all contribute to and participate in, it belongs to all of us.
This kind of reminds me of our relationship with the media in this country. I love to blame things on the media. There are not many days in my life when I do not shake my fist at the media for something. But the thing I need to remember is that the media belongs to us, and the media that we have is a direct outcome of our actions. It is the how, when, and why we pay attention, and participate and purchase that gives us the media (and other institutions) that we have. I think the same dynamic applies to leadership. Our definition of leadership, our understanding, expectations and relationship to leadership all play a role in determining the outcome...the people that end up in leadership roles and they way that the embrace those roles.
I think that our current financial situation is to a large degree a failure of a way of leadership that is less and less relevant in an increasingly changing world.
I am reminded of one of my favorite Stephen Covey quotes:
"If you start to think the problem is "out there", stop yourself. That thought is the problem."
It is so easy for us to see the fault lying out there, with our elected officials or our boss. That can be much easier than owning our role.
So I agree we do need very much to evolve of our understanding of and our role as leaders...and part of that is evolving the role of followership, I think the whole relationship needs to be re-imagined. And each of us can play a role in this. And each of us can start right now. We do not need permission from anyone to begin this work.
We can each simply spend some time reflecting on some really big, powerful questions that help remind us of our own power, our own obligations and what we really can control (regardless of title).
1.) Who Am I and What Am I Here For?
2.) Am I Acting Accordingly Right Now?
These questions always help me to put down all the faults, problems and weaknesses I see "out there", and take the next right action. That, I think, makes for good followership and good leadership.
-joe
This kind of reminds me of our relationship with the media in this country. I love to blame things on the media. There are not many days in my life when I do not shake my fist at the media for something. But the thing I need to remember is that the media belongs to us, and the media that we have is a direct outcome of our actions. It is the how, when, and why we pay attention, and participate and purchase that gives us the media (and other institutions) that we have. I think the same dynamic applies to leadership. Our definition of leadership, our understanding, expectations and relationship to leadership all play a role in determining the outcome...the people that end up in leadership roles and they way that the embrace those roles.
I think that our current financial situation is to a large degree a failure of a way of leadership that is less and less relevant in an increasingly changing world.
I am reminded of one of my favorite Stephen Covey quotes:
"If you start to think the problem is "out there", stop yourself. That thought is the problem."
It is so easy for us to see the fault lying out there, with our elected officials or our boss. That can be much easier than owning our role.
So I agree we do need very much to evolve of our understanding of and our role as leaders...and part of that is evolving the role of followership, I think the whole relationship needs to be re-imagined. And each of us can play a role in this. And each of us can start right now. We do not need permission from anyone to begin this work.
We can each simply spend some time reflecting on some really big, powerful questions that help remind us of our own power, our own obligations and what we really can control (regardless of title).
1.) Who Am I and What Am I Here For?
2.) Am I Acting Accordingly Right Now?
These questions always help me to put down all the faults, problems and weaknesses I see "out there", and take the next right action. That, I think, makes for good followership and good leadership.
-joe
Mad Mad World of Sports
If you ever think your weird, you're
probably not and you don't get paid
enough to be weird anyway.
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/
wfaa090325_mo_detained.6f8a23c1.html
http://www.wfaa.com/video/?nvid=345766&shu=1
probably not and you don't get paid
enough to be weird anyway.
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/
wfaa090325_mo_detained.6f8a23c1.html
http://www.wfaa.com/video/?nvid=345766&shu=1
Girls in space
Untouchable" is the twenty first single by British pop group Girls Aloud, and the third single to be taken from their fifth studio album, Out of Control. The song is to be released on 27 April
Lead, Follow or Get out of the Way
Joe,
I've lately been spending a lot of time thinking about the accountability we have for our own situations. Part of it is coming from my observations about how the country is reacting to our current recession. I guess I've just encounted a number of people lately who aren't actively participating in their own futures. They are content to feel powerless and out of control. It drives me insane.
I think even two of us are guilty sometimes for villainizing the "leaders" within business and the greater community as being the root of all evil when there were a lot of people around those leaders who contributed as much to the situation as the leader him or her self. Take the AIG bonus situation as an example. If you had been one of the eleven or so folks who were offered a multi-million dollar bonus this year, would you have turned it down? We hope that we would have done the right thing, but it doesn't appear that any of the eleven or so at AIG did . But, it's not them who have to get skewered in front of congress, it's the CEO. Where were these eleven leaders when it was time to help their leader avoid a collossally bad error in judgement? It would seem that they were looking out for number one. I'm sure that they rationalized it away somehow, but they are as much to blame as that CEO for taking money they knew wasn't rightly theirs.
It has become popular to blame our manager or leader for our situation when we aren't taking any action to improve the situation for ourselves. We have to accept that we are 100% responsible for our own lot in life. If you find yourself in a situation with a poor leader, you can chose to help them lead, you can leave, or you can become part of the problem by doing nothing and whining about it. I, for one, have heard too much whining. It's time for people to control their own destiny by taking actions to improve their circumstances.
This might be a crazy thought, but I think that if we all took more responsibility for our own actions and consequences, we wouldn't have the "leadership crisis" we see around us. It might just be that effectively leading people who spend more time whining than being accountable for thier own actions is really hard, even if you have decent leadership skills.
So, maybe it's time to evolve our role as leaders to teaching individuals to be personally accountable for their own results and outcomes, to teach them that there are real consequences (both positive and negative) for each of their actions. They need to see that it's not the leader's responsibility to advance their career or to make decisions for them, it's up to them. This can be a painful process, but I think it's the place to start.
I look forward to your thoughts.
Jason
I've lately been spending a lot of time thinking about the accountability we have for our own situations. Part of it is coming from my observations about how the country is reacting to our current recession. I guess I've just encounted a number of people lately who aren't actively participating in their own futures. They are content to feel powerless and out of control. It drives me insane.
I think even two of us are guilty sometimes for villainizing the "leaders" within business and the greater community as being the root of all evil when there were a lot of people around those leaders who contributed as much to the situation as the leader him or her self. Take the AIG bonus situation as an example. If you had been one of the eleven or so folks who were offered a multi-million dollar bonus this year, would you have turned it down? We hope that we would have done the right thing, but it doesn't appear that any of the eleven or so at AIG did . But, it's not them who have to get skewered in front of congress, it's the CEO. Where were these eleven leaders when it was time to help their leader avoid a collossally bad error in judgement? It would seem that they were looking out for number one. I'm sure that they rationalized it away somehow, but they are as much to blame as that CEO for taking money they knew wasn't rightly theirs.
It has become popular to blame our manager or leader for our situation when we aren't taking any action to improve the situation for ourselves. We have to accept that we are 100% responsible for our own lot in life. If you find yourself in a situation with a poor leader, you can chose to help them lead, you can leave, or you can become part of the problem by doing nothing and whining about it. I, for one, have heard too much whining. It's time for people to control their own destiny by taking actions to improve their circumstances.
This might be a crazy thought, but I think that if we all took more responsibility for our own actions and consequences, we wouldn't have the "leadership crisis" we see around us. It might just be that effectively leading people who spend more time whining than being accountable for thier own actions is really hard, even if you have decent leadership skills.
So, maybe it's time to evolve our role as leaders to teaching individuals to be personally accountable for their own results and outcomes, to teach them that there are real consequences (both positive and negative) for each of their actions. They need to see that it's not the leader's responsibility to advance their career or to make decisions for them, it's up to them. This can be a painful process, but I think it's the place to start.
I look forward to your thoughts.
Jason
Schilling Retires, Now What?
Just a little something to keep you informed
and some some you didn't know. Listen in !
and some some you didn't know. Listen in !
Even Stevens
The fabulous and Beatiful Rachel Stevens graces the cove of of Company Magazine March issue. Happy to see her back
Dawn takes that grease away
Dawn Richards from Danity Kane poses for King mag.Shes shows us miss oday is not the only one who can look good in there own skin.She dishes on her man to fues with the girls
Heres a bit from that interview
Days after D. Woods was expelled on Making the Band, she remixed “Swagger Like Us” with her group Girls Club, taking shots at you and the rest of the group. Any response?
I didn’t even listen to the song. I’m not giving that any thought. I don’t have issues with anyone. If people want to write records about other people, that’s totally on them. I’m not going to address any negativity, but I wish the fans could observe that, because that tells a lot about people.
We’ve got some instrumentals already loaded, in case you change your mind.
You know how I’m going to respond? I’m going to write number-one singles on other people’s albums, so I can continue with my life and this business.
Heres a bit from that interview
Days after D. Woods was expelled on Making the Band, she remixed “Swagger Like Us” with her group Girls Club, taking shots at you and the rest of the group. Any response?
I didn’t even listen to the song. I’m not giving that any thought. I don’t have issues with anyone. If people want to write records about other people, that’s totally on them. I’m not going to address any negativity, but I wish the fans could observe that, because that tells a lot about people.
We’ve got some instrumentals already loaded, in case you change your mind.
You know how I’m going to respond? I’m going to write number-one singles on other people’s albums, so I can continue with my life and this business.
Jets & Cowboys Will Rule the World
Don't SAY March Madness !
Oh Fudge, No Pudge !
Sean Avery Sucks? Hardly
Oh Fudge, No Pudge !
Sean Avery Sucks? Hardly
Cutler Like A Knife
Happy St Patricks Day !
Not everyone will have the luck of the
Irish however, as you will plainly hear.
Copy and paste if link doesn't work for
Story on late Pistons Owner Bill Davidson
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3979385
Not everyone will have the luck of the
Irish however, as you will plainly hear.
Copy and paste if link doesn't work for
Story on late Pistons Owner Bill Davidson
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3979385
Resentment - response
Jason-
Yes. Interesting times to say the least. Really glad that you posted this, as I had not given this a lot of thought yet. It brings a couple things to mind for me:
When you get a chance I would love to hear from you a "Top Five Things you Need to Say to you Workforce Today" for HR leaders.
-joe
Yes. Interesting times to say the least. Really glad that you posted this, as I had not given this a lot of thought yet. It brings a couple things to mind for me:
- The downside of expectations: A good friend of mine likes to tell me from time to time (especially when I am bummed out about an outcome), that an expectation is a resentment waiting to happen. It is much easier said than done, but I think the more that we are able to focus on specific outcomes and work to make sure that we are behaving in accordance with our ideals, principles and aspirations the less misery we will have in our lives. But as I said, easier said then done...especially after someone has worked for 10 or 15 or 20 years "towards something."
- The engagement/authenticity dividend: There is probably a catchier name for this, but I have not figured it out yet. But I think that this is a time when we will see some very tangible evidence of the benefits to those organizations that have truly engaging cultures, authentic leadership, open and candid communication. I think that those organizations are still a rarity, but they do exist. I think that the nature of the relationship those organizations have with their employees is much more resilient and flexible than in the more typical organizations. All relationships and agreements can be tested by times like these, and the ones that contain the least amount of truth, trust and empathy will likely fail the quickest. The more honest you can be with employees today (regardless of what you told them yesterday) the better off you are going to be in the long run.
When you get a chance I would love to hear from you a "Top Five Things you Need to Say to you Workforce Today" for HR leaders.
-joe
Kudos to organizations behind the Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS ACT!!!
More on the Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS ACT......
I think it's interesting to know who the sponsors of the bill are. I'd like to send many kudos to these wonderful organizations who "get it" and see the need for postpartum depression legislation. The leaders of these organizations are doing what they can to help bring moms with PPD out of the darkness of their depression and isolation, to make sure they receive the care and support they need so their needless suffering can end.
Here they are:
Postpartum Support International
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
American Psychological Association
American Psychiatric Association
Children’s Defense Fund
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
March of Dimes
Mental Health America
American College of Nurse Midwives
National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
Suicide Prevention Action Network USA
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
National Partnership for Women & Families
OWL- The Voice of Midlife and Older Women
National Women’s Law Center
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
American Psychological Association
American Psychiatric Association
Children’s Defense Fund
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
March of Dimes
Mental Health America
American College of Nurse Midwives
National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
Suicide Prevention Action Network USA
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
National Partnership for Women & Families
OWL- The Voice of Midlife and Older Women
National Women’s Law Center
Resentment
Joe,
Last week, I watched a video clip from a leadership speaker named Ed Cohen. He was talking about some of "not so obvious" implications of the current economic crisis on organizations. The one that I found very interesting was something he called the resentment gap.
Most companies have become aware of the impending transition in the workplace when the Baby boomers retire in large numbers over the next ten years or so. Some of the smarter companies have been actively preparing for this transition through success planning. They have been getting the next level leaders ready to step up and take over for these boomers as they leave. This transition was set to begin over the next couple of years.
But then the economy struck. Retirement savings have been decimated. The impact is that these retiring boomers are moving back their retirement dates. Instead of retiring in two years, it's now five. Here is where you find the resentment gap. Those retiring leaders resent having to stick around. They have been preparing for a life of golf and travel, but instead they will be stuck in the office, watching the days pass and hoping the market improves so that they can leave. Not exactly your model for engaged leaders.
More significantly, those next level leaders who had been preparing for their shift at the helm are now being told to be patient. They are resentful of being asked to put their plans and dreams on hold until the obstacle (err, person) ahead of them decides to leave.
This could be really catastrophic in situations where that next level leader is a Gen X'er who's already half skeptical about wanting the job. This is just more reinforcement that you can't ever take "the man" at his word. Smart companies will keep very open lines of communication with all the parties and will orchestrate a way for the retiring executive to stay but move out of the way for the successor to begin the transition into that role.
We do live in interesting times, my friend.
Jason
Last week, I watched a video clip from a leadership speaker named Ed Cohen. He was talking about some of "not so obvious" implications of the current economic crisis on organizations. The one that I found very interesting was something he called the resentment gap.
Most companies have become aware of the impending transition in the workplace when the Baby boomers retire in large numbers over the next ten years or so. Some of the smarter companies have been actively preparing for this transition through success planning. They have been getting the next level leaders ready to step up and take over for these boomers as they leave. This transition was set to begin over the next couple of years.
But then the economy struck. Retirement savings have been decimated. The impact is that these retiring boomers are moving back their retirement dates. Instead of retiring in two years, it's now five. Here is where you find the resentment gap. Those retiring leaders resent having to stick around. They have been preparing for a life of golf and travel, but instead they will be stuck in the office, watching the days pass and hoping the market improves so that they can leave. Not exactly your model for engaged leaders.
More significantly, those next level leaders who had been preparing for their shift at the helm are now being told to be patient. They are resentful of being asked to put their plans and dreams on hold until the obstacle (err, person) ahead of them decides to leave.
This could be really catastrophic in situations where that next level leader is a Gen X'er who's already half skeptical about wanting the job. This is just more reinforcement that you can't ever take "the man" at his word. Smart companies will keep very open lines of communication with all the parties and will orchestrate a way for the retiring executive to stay but move out of the way for the successor to begin the transition into that role.
We do live in interesting times, my friend.
Jason
Support the Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act by signing online petition - it's EASY!
I've written about the Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act quite a bit on this blog, and I've recently heard that an online petition is being circulated now to garner support for this wonderful bill that will have such a positive impact on new moms and in the realm of perinatal mood disorders in general. I want to spread awareness of this online petition and encourage anyone reading this to sign it. It's so easy. I just signed up to have a letter sent via email to my local legislator.
All you need to do is go here: http://capwiz.com/ndmda/issues/alert/?alertid=12832296
You'll want to scroll down to the bottom of the page where it says "take action now" and enter your zip code. It couldn't be easier!
Down Goes Frazier err The Dominican Republic
We go out west in more ways than
one and finally a little more news
that's leads us all closer to the
answers we've been looking for.
one and finally a little more news
that's leads us all closer to the
answers we've been looking for.
Back On Track
Thanks for the support, now let's get
down to business. A-Rod, T.O. and
more as another edition of MSS comes
to you for your listening pleasure.
down to business. A-Rod, T.O. and
more as another edition of MSS comes
to you for your listening pleasure.
Technical Difficulties
We appreciate your patience during this brief
delay. We'll be back on Tuesday as we sort out
a small glitch that has produced some minor, yet
temporary technical difficulties the last couple
of days. Back on March 10th. Thanks !
delay. We'll be back on Tuesday as we sort out
a small glitch that has produced some minor, yet
temporary technical difficulties the last couple
of days. Back on March 10th. Thanks !
[Talent Anarchy] Am I Part of the Solution, or Part of the Problem? - Response
Joe,
You raise a really important and thought provoking question. Why don't we have better leaders? I have a couple of responses to that question.
First, I think that leadership ability is the product of human behavior and therefore is likely distributed throughout our population on a bell shaped curve. There are some really great leaders, a whole bunch of average leaders and some really horrible leaders.
The trouble is that leadership doesn't exist in the absence of human nature. Take nutrition as a parallel. We know a great deal about nutrition and how to eat well. Volumes of scientific research has been done, countless books have been published, and yet we are still an obese country. Knowing the right thing to do and actually doing it are two very distinct things.
This brings me to my second point. I think that leadership gap you talk about isn't really a leadership gap at all. It is a gap in some underlying, critically important attributes that manifest into what you describe as poor leadership. I'll take integrity as examples since you used those in your definition. The lack of integrity starts long before someone either becomes or is chosen as a leader. If you don't have the strength of character to do the right thing in the face of strong opposition or temptation, all of the leadership books in the world aren't going to make you a great leader. Just as it is with nutrition. If you lack the self-discipline to stick to a plan, having the knowledge of the perfect diet is useless.
So, what does this mean to us? I'm not sure that confronting bad leadership is the answer. I think that cultivating, identifying, modeling and promoting good leadership will get us further down the road. The leaders in power today have been self affirmed along every step of their career. Trying to change them is tough. Instead, let's build great leaders from the start. Let's be the model for what responsible leadership is all about.
-Jason
You raise a really important and thought provoking question. Why don't we have better leaders? I have a couple of responses to that question.
First, I think that leadership ability is the product of human behavior and therefore is likely distributed throughout our population on a bell shaped curve. There are some really great leaders, a whole bunch of average leaders and some really horrible leaders.
The trouble is that leadership doesn't exist in the absence of human nature. Take nutrition as a parallel. We know a great deal about nutrition and how to eat well. Volumes of scientific research has been done, countless books have been published, and yet we are still an obese country. Knowing the right thing to do and actually doing it are two very distinct things.
This brings me to my second point. I think that leadership gap you talk about isn't really a leadership gap at all. It is a gap in some underlying, critically important attributes that manifest into what you describe as poor leadership. I'll take integrity as examples since you used those in your definition. The lack of integrity starts long before someone either becomes or is chosen as a leader. If you don't have the strength of character to do the right thing in the face of strong opposition or temptation, all of the leadership books in the world aren't going to make you a great leader. Just as it is with nutrition. If you lack the self-discipline to stick to a plan, having the knowledge of the perfect diet is useless.
So, what does this mean to us? I'm not sure that confronting bad leadership is the answer. I think that cultivating, identifying, modeling and promoting good leadership will get us further down the road. The leaders in power today have been self affirmed along every step of their career. Trying to change them is tough. Instead, let's build great leaders from the start. Let's be the model for what responsible leadership is all about.
-Jason
Moving Forward
When sports is just as it should be,
for fun. Send me your feedback, and
enjoy the blog. Peace !
for fun. Send me your feedback, and
enjoy the blog. Peace !
What's Really Important
Though there is much going on in our
world of sports, there is really nothing
more importatnt than the lives of our
brothers and sisters. Not trying to get
preachy, I just hope you all say a prayer
for those lost at sea, as the search takes
a turn towards the end.
world of sports, there is really nothing
more importatnt than the lives of our
brothers and sisters. Not trying to get
preachy, I just hope you all say a prayer
for those lost at sea, as the search takes
a turn towards the end.
Am I Part of the Solution, or Part of the Problem?
Jason-
I want to stay on the general topic of leadership for a bit, because there is something that I keep coming up against that is frustrating to me. It seems that we know a lot about what really good, sustainable leadership is. There are a lot of books about it. There are websites and blogs about it. There are conferences about it. We talk about it. I have conversations with you and others about the really important parts of leadership, and I am talking about the awareness, emotional intelligence, social intelligence, maturity, authenticity, integrity stuff here.
It seems to me that we tend to understand this stuff at the level of common sense, but at the same time...we seem to still get many organizational, institutional and even national leaders that have none of the above. I would go so far as to say that this is the underlying cause of our current economic chaos.
So. We have a problem and we seem to have the solution, but we are not implementing it for some reason. I like to blame business schools for as many things as I can, and the same goes for the media. As fun as that generally is for me, it also does not lead to a solution and lately I have been trying to focus a bit more on my own role. When I come up against peers or superiors or associates who are leading in a way that I know is not in the long run healthy for an organization or community, do I take action? Do we hold each other accountable?
I think that we do not for the most part. I would probably give myself a D+ after honestly reflecting on it. We might be good at tolerating them, and getting away from them, but do we do enough to challenge them? Because if we don't, than we are equally a part of this problem. It is clearly not enough to simply know better.
-joe
I want to stay on the general topic of leadership for a bit, because there is something that I keep coming up against that is frustrating to me. It seems that we know a lot about what really good, sustainable leadership is. There are a lot of books about it. There are websites and blogs about it. There are conferences about it. We talk about it. I have conversations with you and others about the really important parts of leadership, and I am talking about the awareness, emotional intelligence, social intelligence, maturity, authenticity, integrity stuff here.
It seems to me that we tend to understand this stuff at the level of common sense, but at the same time...we seem to still get many organizational, institutional and even national leaders that have none of the above. I would go so far as to say that this is the underlying cause of our current economic chaos.
So. We have a problem and we seem to have the solution, but we are not implementing it for some reason. I like to blame business schools for as many things as I can, and the same goes for the media. As fun as that generally is for me, it also does not lead to a solution and lately I have been trying to focus a bit more on my own role. When I come up against peers or superiors or associates who are leading in a way that I know is not in the long run healthy for an organization or community, do I take action? Do we hold each other accountable?
I think that we do not for the most part. I would probably give myself a D+ after honestly reflecting on it. We might be good at tolerating them, and getting away from them, but do we do enough to challenge them? Because if we don't, than we are equally a part of this problem. It is clearly not enough to simply know better.
-joe
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