Note: July 17, 2021 - Like many people, I was saddened to learn of Brian Boland's passing. [...]
Read moreThe Labrador Leadership Podcast with Dave Yarin
http://labradorleadership.com/021-dave-yarin-comes-to-talk-about-the-biggest-mistake-leaders-can-make-and-about-your-concentration-span/ [...]
Read moreWhat I Love Lucy, Cheers and Modern Family Tell us About Communicating with Younger Employees
http://www.smartbrief.com/original/2015/02/what-i-love-lucy-cheers-and-modern-family-tell-us-about-communicating I Love Lucy, Cheers and Modern Family are three of the most popular sitcoms in television history, [...]
Read moreA Veterans’ Day Story
The two marines stood at attention in their dress uniforms. Their perfectly shined shoes that glimmered on [...]
Read moreThe Sunk Cost Theory
http://www.skipprichard.com/when-should-leaders-walk-away/ The supersonic Concorde jet’s tragic crash in 2000 and retirement in 2003 was the end of a [...]
Read moreThe Leadership Lessons from the struggles of the Secret Service Agency – an interview with author and journalist Ronald Kessler
http://www.smartbrief.com/original/2015/04/leadership-lessons-secret-services-struggles-interview-author-and The continued struggles of the Secret Service Agency are a series of failures and performance lapses that [...]
Read moreA Different Take on the Effects of Power and Hierarchy When Responding to Warnings
http://www.smartbrief.com/original/2015/01/rethinking-effects-power-and-hierarchy-when-responding-warnings If someone were taking inappropriate or illegal actions in your organization, you, as a business leader, would [...]
Read moreThe Vulnerability of Senior Management in Ignoring Warnings and The Power of Perception – The Harry Markopolos Story
http://www.smartbrief.com/original/2015/02/harry-markopolos-and-vulnerability-senior-management-ignoring-warnings It’s been six years since the discovery of Bernie Madoff’s ponzi scheme, but it’s been over 15 [...]
Read moreTwo JFKs and Fair Warning
President Kennedy died three years before I was born, but I grew up in the large shadow [...]
Read moreThe Normalization of Deviance: When saying “We’ve never had problems before” becomes a problem
http://www.smartbrief.com/original/2014/10/normalization-deviance-when-saying-weve-never-had-problems-becomes The hours ticked down to launch time, and Roger Boisjoly had the weight of the world on [...]
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