by Scott Anderson | Nov 25, 2016 | Coaching, Essential Reading, Leadership
The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs with an element of uncertainty and people who hold these beliefs with a pretense of certitude. Peter L. Berger It would be disingenuous to say that the...
by Scott Anderson | Nov 16, 2016 | Coaching, Leadership, Uncategorized
By far the most respected authority on corporate leadership development (and my personal hero) is Marshall Goldsmith. His exhaustive research on executive performance has generated essential information for companies interested in fostering genuine leadership....
by Scott Anderson | Oct 26, 2016 | Leadership, Uncategorized, Workplace Culture
Steve Blank published a great article last week about succession planning (“Why Visionary CEOs Never Have Visionary Successors”, Harvard Business Review) that made me review my own experience in this area. Blank describes the traditional entrepreneurial succession...
by Scott Anderson | Aug 31, 2016 | Coaching, Essential Reading, Leadership, Playing Big
Coach Ben Ryan is this ultra-gingery London guy: red hair, red face, red beard. He’d been the coach of Great Britain’s sevens rugby team, but they fired him about four years ago. It was humiliating to get dumped. In a kind of self-exile, Ben took a job in...
by Scott Anderson | Aug 10, 2016 | Leadership, Workplace Culture, Workplace Issues
The idea that the annual performance review is frequently inaccurate, inefficient, and counterproductive is nothing new. So why is it considered news when a corporation abandons it for something better? Last year, Jathan Janove wrote in Business Management Daily...
by Scott Anderson | Aug 3, 2016 | Coaching, Leadership, Personal Enrichment, Playing Big, Uncategorized
In a recent New York Times piece, “The Incalculable Value in Finding A Job You Love,” Economics professor Robert H. Frank validated much of what I say about developing a niche market. To be happy, research suggests, earning a high salary isn’t enough. Once...
