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A new lens on Myers-Briggs

Posted on 30 October 200610 December 2006

As part of my leadership course at UC Berkeley I recently took a hybrid self-assessment, facilitated by CPP, which combines the power of Myers-Briggs’ MBTI with a less well known assessment called FIRO-B. First introduced by William Schutz in 1958, the Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation (FIRO), analyzes the dimensions of Inclusion, Control and Affection. It…

Emotional Intelligence (EQ)

Posted on 10 September 200615 August 2018

Reflecting on Daniel Goleman’s writings on Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and how self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills impact leadership.

Active Inertia in Business

Posted on 10 September 20065 September 2018

How strategic frames, organizational processes, and existing values held by the organization get in the way of needed changes.

Emotional Intelligence (EQ)

Posted on 10 September 200629 May 2007

In reading What Makes a Leader? (Goleman) I learned that while technical skills and IQ are important for senior managers to succeed it is emotional intelligence that is actually the most critical. As a long-time believer in soft skills I did not have any difficulty believing this assertion. Emotional Intelligence’s Five Components: Self-Awareness: The ability…

Evidence-Based Management

Posted on 4 September 200616 October 2006

I recently read the article Evidence-Based Management (HBR Jan 06) which outlines an emerging movement which applies the scientific approach long used in medicine to the practice of management. A number of factors inhibit managers’ ability to make good decisions including: specialty bias (e.g. marketers tend to recommend marketing as a solution) hype (e.g. managers…

How to Play to Your Strengths

Posted on 2 September 200610 September 2006

In the article How to Play to Your Strengths I learned about a career planning technique that focuses on 100% positive feedback—that’s right no “constructive feedback”. The article outlines that it’s human nature to focus on the negatives (when asked people remember four negative memories for every single positive one). And yet far too often,…

Managing Oneself

Posted on 27 August 200617 September 2006

Peter Drucker is a firm believer in “feedback analysis”, the process of comparing your past expectations with the actual results. In his article Managing Oneself I learned that this approach was actually popularized by John Calvin and Ignatius Loyola in the 16th Century and helped contributed to the success of the Calvinist and Jesuit movements….

Mayfield on the “End of Process”

Posted on 18 November 200514 September 2006

Ross Mayfield posted a facinating article on how successful decentralization will only come thru less process and more openness. No amount of process in a large company is going to enable the rapid information sharing that is needed in a large organization. Only tools like wikis ang blogs enable that kind of communication. Speaking from…

Learning about Bain & Company…

Posted on 3 November 200526 November 2006

This morning I’m preparing for my marketing class on Saturday and decided I’d look into eBay’s new Marketplace president, John Donahoe’s background. So I started with Bain & Company where he was their Worldwide Managing Director. Here are some articles that jumped out at me… The decision driven organization (Paul Rogers, Bain & Company) Several…

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