Babette Bensoussan: Gary Hamel on Syndicating Leadership

Illuminating Videos – Leaders Everywhere: A conversation with Gary HamelToday a leader is expected to be a perfect mix of the innovation instincts of Steve Jobs, the political skills of Lee Kuan Yew and the emotional intelligence of Desmond Tutu! But how many leaders have these characteristics? And what is the alternative? Management writer and academic Gary …

Marcus Aurelius: Military Leadership — the Many Failures and the Few Successes

This a “three-fer” on leadership and officership.  It provides some theory (from a Naval Special Warfare perspective), a media summary of how too many of our senior officers are not getting it right, and one officer’s list of historical anecdotes when it was done right. * The headliner, ADM McRaven’s speech to USMA Class of 2015 500th Night, …

Jean Lievens: The New Social Leadership – Moving from Fear to Freedom

The New Social Leadership – Moving from Fear to Freedom Christine Comaford Forbes, 28 October 2012 When driven by fear, human beings generally go to one of three places: 1)      They get stuck. 2)      They solve problems that don’t exist. 3)      They focus on the wrong problem—which is low leverage and doesn’t deliver the result they …

Berto Jongman: UMD Tool Predicts Terrorist Leadership Backfill

UMD Tool Predicts Leadership of Terrorist Networks Contacts: Lee Tune 301-405-4679 COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The loss of a terrorist or criminal network’s leader—whether through imprisonment, change of allegiance or death—can create a vacuum in which subordinates jockey for position or splinter into factions. Rather than wait to see how these scenarios play out, U.S. …

Jean Lievens: Leadership in a Networked World — Doing the Right Thing Instead of Doing the Wrong things Right

What type of leadership will be required to succeed in this new business world, created by the Networked Society? This society will see new market spaces, where cross-industry companies will compete. Because of its openness, its technology based on mobility, cloud and performing networks, because of globalization, free trade and capital movement; the Networked Society …

Michael Farrell: Bradley Manning – Leadership Failure Over Too Many Years…

Bradley Manning: Hits Just Keep on Hitting Bradley Manning did everything but wear a sign saying “Timebomb waiting to explode! Michael Farrell Veterans Today, 14 August 2013 EXTRACT The subject of the email was “My problem.”“I’ve had signs of it for a very long time,” Bradley Manning wrote. “It caused conditions within my family. I …