How many work places could gather that amount of enthusiasm for a get-together three days before Christmas - twenty years later? In a world where there is so much negativity about the work place, this gang is a standout.
Skills versus Jobs
When I was finishing university, and trying to choose whether to continue with graduate work in English language and literature or become a secondary school teacher, my father's advice was "Be a teacher. You'll never make much money but you'll always have a job". As it turned out he was wrong on both counts.
Models we like
All of us have been exposed to models as a way to summarize ideas and we like to examine and use them to spark new models and ideas. This one, showing preferred thinking styles, was developed by Ned Herrmann while he was manager of Management of Education at General Electric. It is one of our essentials.
Lessons
I have recently restarted piano lessons - after an interval since the last one of about 66 years.
It's not that I can't play already. I do regularly - even in public but what I am doing mainly is playing by ear. I wanted to be able to read music notation better as well as receiving some direction. Lessons and practising have changed.
Leadership
Leadership through self-differentiation is not easy; learning techniques and imbibing data are far easier. Nor is striving or achieving success as a leader without pain: there is the pain of isolation, the pain of loneliness, the pain of personal attacks, the pain of losing friends. That’s what leadership is all about.here