| By Jim Haudan, www.inc.com | Why is accountability something that everyone talksabout but few are good at? Somewhere around 80% of the organizations and senior leaders we work with have issues with the A-word. Some say it means holding people responsible for the results they deliver. Many assert that when people don’t deliver, they should be shown […]
3 Ways to Think Outside the Box More Often
| By Jim Haudan, for Inc.com | One of the most well-worn business clichés is “thinking outside the box.” It seems that everyone is obsessed with thinking outside the box. However, if the concept is well worn, why is the practice so uncommon in our companies today? The problem is many people aren’t clear about what […]
The Best Leaders Are Great Teachers
| By Sydney Finkelstein, hbr.org | Kundapur Vaman Kamath was a teacher. But he didn’t work at a school or stand in front of a class. Instead, he delivered his lessons at the office—to the employees who served under him during his four decades as a senior executive at, and then CEO of, India’s ICICI Bank. Whether […]
The Five Pillars of Popovich
| By Ira Boudway, www.bloomberg.com | Gregg Popovich, the crusty, ingenious NBA coach, will never write the management advice guide that business needs. So we wrote it for him. Since Gregg Popovich took over as head coach of the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs 21 years ago, the rest of the league’s teams have replaced their leaders 228 […]
NCAA’s Report on Optimizing the SWA Role
Recently released finding from the NCAA on the role of senior women administrators on campuses. Both are PDF documents to download. Summary Infographic Full Report
Success, Failure and the Drive to Keep Creating
Elizabeth Gilbert was once an “unpublished diner waitress,” devastated by rejection letters. And yet, in the wake of the success of ‘Eat, Pray, Love,’ she found herself identifying strongly with her former self. With beautiful insight, Gilbert reflects on why success can be as disorienting as failure and offers a simple — though hard — […]
Ethical College Admissions: Football Factories
| By Jim Jump, www.insidehighered.com | The college football season ends tonight when conference rivals Alabama and Georgia face off in Atlanta in the College Football Playoff championship game. By the end of the evening we will have answered the question of which university will be crowned national champion of college football’s highest division, the Football Bowl […]
Small College Struggles in the Sights
| By Rick Seltzer, www.insidehighered.com | HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — The Council of Independent Colleges has been among the most bullish organizations when discussing the state of small private liberal arts colleges, but a heightened sense of concern underpinned much of the organization’s annual Presidents Institute this year. The concern was evident in the institute’s programming, which included […]