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Tag Archives: leadership
The end of the line
One day in the not-so-distant future, you’ll get there. The end of the line. The top of your organization. The top of your field. Nowhere else to go, because you’ll have arrived. Most likely, that day won’t be within striking … Continue reading
A wasted day
Think about it: on a day when you swing for the fences, you might swing and miss. A miss means a complete miss, a whiff, an air-ball, and all the associated jeering (we think) from the peanut gallery. Wouldn’t it … Continue reading
And suddenly it’s up to you
I distinctly remember the first time I had this feeling in a professional setting. I was three years out of college, three years into my stint in management consulting, working for a client who wanted us to do a bunch … Continue reading
FDR and persistent experimentation
Acumen’s CEO Jacqueline Novogratz shared this with our team last week. It’s from FDR’s 1932 Commencement Address at Oglethorpe University. Especially today, our task is to remake the world which we find before us. We have no other option. Amazing … Continue reading
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Tagged Franklin Delano Roosevelt, leadership, Oglethorpe University
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Full and hopeful conviction
One of the great nuggets – that I’d otherwise have lost had it not been for the visual notes I took – from the Adaptive Leadership piece in HBR that I talked about yesterday is about how to run experiments … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptive leadership, Change, commitment, leadership, Ronald Heifetz
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How do I learn?
Back in May I realized that Peter Drucker’s Managing Oneself was a cornerstone piece of writing that I need to reread annually. Its simplicity of language belies a depth of clarity and analysis about what it takes to understand oneself … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptive leadership, Alexander Grashow, leadership, Marty Linsky, Ronald Heifetz
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What sets you apart
Not smarts or capacity or competence. Not pedigree. Not even accomplishments if they didn’t require putting yourself on the line. Relentless passion? Courage? Going out on a limb? Refusal to give up? Yeah, now we’re getting somewhere. It’s virtually impossible … Continue reading
20 questions every fundraiser must be able to answer
(subtitle: this is why I can’t for the life of me understand how “fundraiser” became synonymous with “not totally integrated with the core work of the organization”) What are your top three priorities right now? Where will the organization be … Continue reading
Whence solidarity?
Here’s a simple idea on what to do about taxes for the wealthiest Americans: For those making more than $1 million — there were 236,883 such households in 2009 — I would raise rates immediately on taxable income in excess … Continue reading
