Speaking Truth to Power

My Inc post - August 14 What is it is that prevents us from speaking truth to those in power: Fear of punishment? Fear of attack? Fear of being noticed? There are many reasons we don't deal in the truth, but great teams, whether a small company leadership, a public company board, or a political team, learn to speak and deal in the truth. Knowing the truth about whatever situation you are in, or the problem you are solving, is absolutely critical, and yet so often people can't overcome their [...]

By |2017-12-03T02:44:23-08:00August 28, 2015|Career Advice|0 Comments

The pressure’s on for the CEO to Tweet

It's a generational thing. Seems to me, the older the business person the more they don't understand, or don't get Twitter and Social Media. The younger the more they do. It's a generalization I know, but I see it play out with customers (and peers on public boards) all the time, and whether it's Twitter, or LinkedIn, or Facebook the more senior (in age) an executive is, the less likely they are to be engaged in social media. Every decade makes a significant difference, unless the exec is unusually communicative [...]

By |2017-12-03T02:44:37-08:00March 29, 2012|Leadership|0 Comments
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