Leading through the madness

In 2009 I CCL published a blog of mine where I reflected on some things that I learned leading through crisis. When everything is slipping out from under you and your world is heels over head, these are the leadership ideas I always wish I could remember at the time: Don’t get fancy and don’t […]

Executive Present

The captain of industry—captain of this particular industry—rose from the table. I’d just seen him mildly dismiss the proposal one project team had brought to him. Their work of weeks:  an answer to a question he had posed about the viability of a product repositioning. To them, his dissatisfaction was anything but mild. Across from him, […]

Leader as symbol

I was born in Colorado and grew up in Southern California where the only remnant of formal address is reserved for public school teachers. My children’s teacher was “Ms. Crawford” in school, but our minister was “Pastor Bob.” I could have insisted that the kids’ friends call me Mr. Riddle but I would have been […]