Friday, December 21, 2007

Humility:::Leadership::: coincidence?

Grechen over at the Happiness has a great post on humility or 'how not to be a bore'. Excellent advise/guidance on how to really benefit from working with other people.

posted by Christopher @ 11:14 PM

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Just finished reading The Future of Management
by Gary Hamel

An interesting read. There are a lot of good thoughts in here, particularly noteworthy to me are the stress on alternative reporting structures and decision making structures. The discussions of Gore, Google and Whole foods were enjoyable, but not particularly shocking. Overall, I'd have to say that the ideas put forth were very familiar.

Hamel points out that many of the innovative management enhancements have come from 'non-traditional' managers. By this he means those of us who have not gone through the vetted business school manager factories. This fits my profile exactly (I have a degree in arts and letters). To me, the read was a exposure to a few new techniques, not a revelation of a new paradigm.

posted by Christopher @ 5:16 PM