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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?
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.
Audio versions of Serve to Lead, Reagan on Leadership, and Theodore Roosevelt on Leadership will be released for the Holiday Season 2013-14.
Tom Peters
Legendary leadership and management authority Tom Peters is notable for his generosity. For example, he routinely shares his famous slide decks online for the taking.
His latest gift is a tremendous essay, Presentation Excellence.
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.
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.
Steven Spielberg’s recent movie, Lincoln, is a real treat to watch. The acting is superb and the period sets and costumes are magnificent.
More important however than all that are some of the lessons in leadership we can all learn from our 16th President.
Books have been written about the many leadership lessons Lincoln demonstrated, but there are three that may stand out as the most important. All three were well depicted in the movie.
