Category: Leadership

  • Who the smart organizations are

    David Terrar writes a terrific post on the SOMESSO blog on the  gap between corporate culture and what he calls ‘Web 2.0 society.’ What especially resonates for me about David’s words are the simple truths he articulates on some people’s…

  • Individualism of leadership

    I’ve been reading a feature in the FT about what it takes to be a leader, which reviews a book called 1000 CEOs published in the UK last month. Very timely as this was a discussion topic with a good…

  • A conversation with Roger D’Aprix

    A couple of days ago, I had the great pleasure of engaging in conversation with someone who has been a huge influence over the past twenty years in shaping a great deal of my thinking about organizational communication and employee…

  • Apple’s corporate omerta and share price growth

    At lunchtime, I was reading “Steve Jobs: The man who polished Apple,” a most excellent feature about Steve Jobs and Apple written by Times journalist Bryan Appleyard and published in the Times Online (and probably in the newspaper itself as…

  • Communication: Essential for CEOs

    How far should CEOs engage with the media, asks the FT, seeking to find the answer to a simple question: Should business leaders be vocal in pressing their case via the airwaves and newsprint or should they avoid the potentially…