Slow Leadership

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-05

Carmine Coyote — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:49:00 +0000

Finally posted a notice that I am taking at least two months off from blogging. Tough to do and leaving me feeling troubled. # Slow Leadership..

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Taking a Break

Carmine Coyote — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:27:14 +0000

Carmine Coyote is taking a break.

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How Are You Feeling?

Carmine Coyote — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:23:47 +0000

Surviving in a culture obsessed with emotions Have you noticed that the ‘appropriate’ question to ask someone today about a proposal is, “How do you feel about that?” Not, “What do you think of that?” or “Do you have any ideas on that?” At least on this, US, side of the Atlantic, we live in a culture [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-28

Carmine Coyote — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:49:00 +0000

Too poor to divorce? Unexpected outcome of recession. http://bit.ly/xPyus # Thought for the week: Almost anything is easier to get into than out of. # Bankers take note: “Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.” ~ John Paul Getty # Six Steps for a Better Working Life @ http://aclnk.com/ar1839187 # Good thoughts on [...]

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Intelligent, But Not Wise

Peter Vajda — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:26:59 +0000

“While many of today’s leaders have lost their way due to moral and ethical missteps, just as many are facing a dead end due to their inability to see the big picture,” writes Peter Vajda. “These leaders are intelligent, but, unfortunately, not wise.”

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The History of Risk

John Fletcher — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:54:02 +0000

“We need to re-think the culture of risk-taking,” writes John Fletcher. “In today’s bureaucratized and corporate world, individuals rarely suffer any major damage if the risks they take lead to disaster. Heads they win, tails we lose.”

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The Six Stages of Ethical Understanding

Carmine Coyote — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:33:17 +0000

No stick-and-carrot, reward-based system of ethics ever works for long. Rewards lose their value and people find ways to avoid the punishments. True ethics arises when people take the time to think and question what what standards are needed for a civilized society.

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Is ‘Mean’ the New ‘Nice’?

Guest Author — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:22:54 +0000

We have lived through the age of ‘nice’: the phony smile, the smarmy front hiding the crook within, the welcome into the crocodile‘s lair of cheap credit and ‘can’t fail’ investments. Now, says Jonathan Littman, we’re about to enter an age of Serious Mean.

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What’s Your Label?

Carmine Coyote — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:56:30 +0000

Just as the labels we apply to others can prevent us from seeing them clearly or appreciating their strengths and value, so the labels you learn to apply to yourself will limit and block your understanding of your own strengths and potential.

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-21

Carmine Coyote — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:49:00 +0000

Good reading for anyone who is too hooked on numerical and finacnial metrics in leadership. http://tr.im/oxwN # Worth considering: It is harder to conceal ignorance than to acquire knowledge. # “Is trust a renewable resource? We have to hope that it is,” says Stefan Stern. I think it may be. http://q57v1.tk # There are many opportunities out there, [...]

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A World of Isolation

Peter Vajda — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:07:33 +0000

“When relationships are replaced by electronic interactions, emotional connection—the human factor that creates true relationships—goes missing,” writes Peter Vajda. Are you short-changing others when it comes to relationships?

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How You Live Matters, Not What You Do For a Living

Guest Author — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:43:03 +0000

“Leadership is mostly a matter of perspective,” writes Richard E. Goldman. “Are you always looking up the ladder to see who's above you? Instead of worrying where everyone else is, try to reconcile yourself with the possibility that you are in the right place, making the absolute best of the resources you have available to you on that day.”

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In Praise of Non-conformity

Carmine Coyote — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:35:13 +0000

The evidence that conformity has brought us nearly to economic and financial ruin is overwhelming. Yet people still do it. Why, since the benefits of making your own decisions and choosing your own path through life are both obvious and logical?

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Crucial Conversations

Carmine Coyote — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:51:09 +0000

“Crucial conversations” are the kind of tough, day-to-day interactions with people in which the stakes are high, there are conflicting viewpoints and emotions run deep and strong. Can you handle them? Here's some help.

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Eternity’s Sunrise

Carmine Coyote — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:42:42 +0000

Our tendency to grab and hold on—to acquire for the sake of acquisition—virtually ensures that we kill what we most desire. Once you give up the need to ‘own’ what you love, the world is infinite. Stop clinging, even to the best of it. Leave it free to produce a new generation of similar joys.

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