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To Be the Best, Recruit the Best
Written on 15 Aug, 2009 at 22:27 in Blogs | viewed 1,203 times | 6 Comments
If you are the smartest, most talented, most expert on a team that YOU assembled--YOU LOSE. (And you could be an idiot.) Great leaders are smart enough to recruit people who are smarter and more talented than they are in... (Continue reading)
Lessons in Leadership
Written on 1 Aug, 2009 at 14:34 in Magazine | viewed 370 times | 0 Comments
Today, it’s becoming more common to see corporate professionals running nonprofits. What in your corporate experience do you think best applies in making the transition?... (Continue reading)
Why Talent Matters Most
Written on 1 Jul, 2009 at 15:28 in Magazine | viewed 20 times | 0 Comments
Talent is the one sustainable competitive advantage that corporations and institutions have, if companies want to get the best talent, they have to cast a wider net.... (Continue reading)
Leadership Lessons From the Top
Written on 1 Mar, 2009 at 16:04 in Magazine | viewed 1,204 times | 0 Comments
WHAT YOU CAN LEARN FROM PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S MANAGEMENT STYLE ... (Continue reading)
Survival of the Fittest in a Tough Economy
Written on 3 Feb, 2009 at 17:40 in Blogs | viewed 523 times | 0 Comments
Call it natural selection: a concept developed by 19th century scientist Charles Darwin that argues only animals able to adapt will survive. This has everything to do with business, too.... (Continue reading)
Thoughts on Leadership From “Professor X”: Be Relaxed and Ready
Written on 17 Dec, 2008 at 17:41 in Blogs | viewed 372 times | 4 Comments
What should be the posture of leadership when a company, an industry, or an entire economy is in crisis? Most would probably agree that “Don’t worry, be happy” is not the way to go. Comfort leads to contentment, which... (Continue reading)
Thoughts on Effective Leadership From “Professor X”
Written on 7 Dec, 2008 at 1:11 in Blogs | viewed 673 times | 5 Comments
The unique talent I bring to Black Enterprise, and every publication I've ever led (including my first, the Black Voice/Carta Boricua, a periodical for black and Latino students at Rutgers, back in 1981), is not writing ability, or editing... (Continue reading)
