Invariably the person asking this question either disagrees with or dislikes the individual in question. The inquisitor shares their point-of-view largely to discredit or disparage the person in question. From my point-of-view, leaders
The topic of organizational politics is always a hot one. I’m sharing a terrific article by Ben Horowitz which speaks to approaches that, when followed, will minimize organizational politics. This particular article—now over
The principles from The Power of Professionalism, of course, can be applied in a myriad of ways. Jennifer (Jenn) Schoenhofer, President and CEO of Atlanta-based Axis Teknologies, had a really interesting one. She
There was a ton of research that went into The Power of Professionalism. Yet sometimes you miss or overlook a reference that you later wish you would have been able to incorporate into
As I wrote about in The Power of Professionalism there is great power in this ‘thing’ we call identity. Identity answers the question ‘who am I?’ or, in the case of the collective,
As Captain Frank Ramsay declared in the 1995 film Crimson Tide,”we are here to protect democracy, not practice it”. As Ramsay (played by Gene Hackman) points out, the military defends the country and
I recently received an email from a colleague friend who owns and operates a very successful executive search firm. She’s quite familiar with The Power of Professionalism. At the very end of her
Some of our toughest (and often best) decisions are by-products of competing identities we hold. For example, a politician courageously acts in the best interests of the nation—rather than acting in the best