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Nice is Not Enough

May 23, 2013 — Leave a comment

There’s a burst of discussion lately on the value of being “nice.”

A fine new book by social media expert Peter Shankman, for example, is entitled: Nice Companies Finish First.

Serve to Lead advances the notion that the conditions of the 21st century–transparency, social media, and so on–set the stage for greater value creation through collaboration and empowerment.

Such an approach is distinct from the 20th century management notion embodied in Leo Durocher’s famous quip: Nice Guys Finish Last.

And yet, I’m a bit uneasy about the widespread focus on being “nice.”

Why?

In Current Affairs, Generations, Personal Development, Quotations, Social Media Character, Citizenship, Courage, Hero, Integrity, Who Are You Serving?

Condoms and Violence Against Women

May 16, 2013 — Leave a comment

Condoms and Violence. credit | triplepundit.com

Triple Pundit has published an interesting post, proposing that condom companies seek to create value by dedicating resources to a global initiative to prevent or report violence against women.

This proposal reflects several 21st century leadership trends discussed in Serve to Lead.

In 21st Century Communication, 21st Century Leadership, Business, Change, Current Affairs, Generations, Innovation, Social Media Citizenship, Competitive Advantage, Information Age, Integrity, Who Are You Serving?

Audio Serve to Lead, Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt Leadership

May 6, 2013

Audio versions of Serve to Lead, Reagan on Leadership, and Theodore Roosevelt on Leadership will be released for the Holiday Season 2013-14.

Richard Susskind | 21st Century Legal Profession

May 2, 2013

Richard Susskind | 21st Century Legal Profession

In 21st Century Communication, 21st Century Leadership, 21st Century Management, Business, Change, Collaboration, Current Affairs, Customer Service, Generations, History, Innovation, Law, Social Media, Transparency Calling, Information Age, Who Are You Serving?

21st Century Environmental Leadership | Part III

April 26, 2013

Environmental Leadership Begins With Each of Us.

For the week of Earth Day, Serve to Lead includes three posts on the evolution of 21st century environmental leadership. Your comments and contributions are encouraged.

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The Task of Environmental Leadership

Amid the ever rising, discordant, disconnected, coursing invasion of voices and information and interpretations competing to engage our consciousness 24-7, it’s ever more difficult to achieve perspective.

Are we surprised that people retreat to various explanatory ideologies to impose some order… or perhaps, a surcease, a rationalization for disengagement?….

Our evolving environmental consciousness exemplifies the challenge of achieving understanding in our highly connected age.

Earth Day week is an apt moment to make note of some of the spectacular changes underway.

Undertake a thought experiment:

–What issues before us now will appear most consequential fifty years hence?

–What questions that appear to us to be settled, entirely beyond debate, will be viewed as erroneous in the future?

–What issues are taboo, kept from discussion, that will be viewed as central, in the longer view?

What follows are a series of observations and questions intended to stir thought–and spur action.

21st Century Environmental Leadership | Part I

April 23, 2013

Environmental Leadership Begins With Each of Us.

For the week of Earth Day, Serve to Lead includes three posts on the evolution of 21st century environmental leadership. Your comments and contributions are encouraged.

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The Task of Environmental Leadership

Are we surprised that people retreat to various explanatory ideologies to impose some order… or perhaps, a surcease, a rationalization for disengagement?….

Our evolving environmental consciousness exemplifies the challenge of achieving understanding in our highly connected age.

Earth Day week is an apt moment to make note of some of the spectacular changes underway.

Undertake a thought experiment:

–What issues before us now will appear most consequential fifty years hence?

–What questions that appear to us to be settled, entirely beyond debate, will be viewed as erroneous in the future?

–What issues are taboo, kept from discussion, that will be viewed as central, in the longer view?

What follows are a series of observations and questions intended to stir thought–and spur action.

In 21st Century Communication, 21st Century Leadership, Cleantech, Collaboration, Current Affairs, Environment & Energy, Generations, History, Innovation, Regulation, Social Media, Sustainability, Transparency Information Age, Optimism, Vision, Who Are You Serving?

Thinkers and Talkers and Doers

April 4, 2013

credit backfirealley.com

How often have you heard something like the following?

–I’m a doer. I don’t spend time on books or academic thinking or intellectual stuff. That’s just a distraction from getting things done.

–I’m a thinker. I don’t want to waste my time working with people who aren’t worth my time. I’ll leave that to public relations types and politicians.

–I’m a communicator. All the great ideas in the world don’t mean a thing if you can’t express them in a way that persuades others. It doesn’t just happen.

What about you?

As a leader, do you view yourself primarily as a thinker or talker or doer?

In 21st Century Communication, 21st Century Leadership, Current Affairs, Generations, History, Quotations, Social Media Citizenship, Courage, Information Age, Integrity, Optimism, Passion, Vision, Who Are You Serving?

USA Gets Cracking on Fracking

March 27, 2013

$fracking california$

The Washington Post has editorialized in support of a promising “breakthrough” on fracking. Several national environmental groups have joined with major energy companies to establish an independent consortium to craft rules for shale development in the Appalachian region.

There are several noteworthy aspects to this announcement.

In 21st Century Leadership, Business, Change, Collaboration, Current Affairs, Environment & Energy, Innovation, Regulation, Social Media, Transparency Competitive Advantage, Information Age, Integrity

Jerry Weissman | Winning Strategies for Power Presentations

March 22, 2013

Corporate presentations consultant Jerry Weissman has written an outstanding book: Winning Strategies for Power Presentations.

Weissman’s book is a must-read for anyone aiming to achieve effectiveness in corporate or other presentations. His examples–from Cicero to venture capitalists to President Reagan and President Obama–are wide-ranging and invariably interesting and apt.

In 21st Century Communication, 21st Century Leadership, Business, Reviews, Ronald Reagan, Social Media Books, Competitive Advantage, Information Age, Integrity, Vision

Transparency Breakthroughs | U.S. Senate, Whole Foods

March 13, 2013

Historic breakthroughs, like value creation in business, tend to occur in crowded hours. Where something has appeared inert, there is, suddenly, a redefining change, a moment pointing toward a new truth.

As the dust settles, people and institutions adapt to a new order, perhaps an altered reality.

Last week was a time of such changes in transparency. Two earthquakes occurred.

In 21st Century Communication, 21st Century Leadership, 21st Century Management, Business, Change, Current Affairs, Quotations, Regulation, Service, Social Media Citizenship, Competitive Advantage, Excellence, Information Age, Integrity, Learn, Listen, Who Are You Serving?

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