leadership

  • Why Peter Drucker Is Essential for Modern Leaders

    Yesterday on my afternoon walk I was listening to a podcast episode with a famous writer talking to a well known podcaster and author. They are both media-makers who get paid for clicks and impressions, but they deal in ideas. They are very well respected, smart, successful and, because they’ve been doing their media-making so

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  • Passing the Torch vs Keeping the Flame Burning

    This post by Adam Singer has been in an open tab for a while. For one, it’s a relevant topic for me right now as I think about work and “my work” in whatever phase I’m in, careerwise. And, it’s also relevant because I’m re-reading some fiction by folks that were “late” in their career

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  • Grief in the Workplace

    Grief in the Workplace

    Sometimes a work coffee isn’t just for work.  I’ve been spending a lot of time reconnecting with folks over breakfasts, coffees and happy hours, partly to catch up and partly as a semi-structured effort to get clarity about what, if anything, I should be doing with my career. The teams at Good Day Cafe and

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  • Company Creeds?

    Read this post today via Hacker News, about the power (and need) for writing and documentation in distributed orgs. Thoughtful post, and a good reminder for us at work. Meanwhile, really curious about Automatic’s company creed. It’s their values, but in the style of a creed. It’s a little over the top for me, a

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  • I just completed a project for a client that included a review of their digital marketing capabilities. Our job was to support the leadership team in developing a roadmap to improve a couple key marketing capabilities so they could go from “good” to “great” over the next couple years. It’s work every marketing leader should

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  • Groundhog Day, Together On Zoom

    Trying to stay connected and optimistic when we’re stuck in the basement

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  • GSD: The Maker’s Schedule for the CEO?

    Leaders need to strike a balance between the Maker and Manager schedule. I’m working on figuring that out.

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  • In a short interview with Kevin Bauer, i learned another lesson about the power of transparency as a leadership tool

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  • I talk with Craig Pladson about how to develop and grow as a leader via intense learning experiences.

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  • Week X: The Hump Week, Together

    I’m no longer sure of what week we’re in of the “Quarantine Times” era but it feels like we’ve been at this for a looong time. As I’ve been talking with people for work and for life, I’m sensing a rising sense of fatigue inside all the energy that carried us through the first part

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