Leadership and Resiliance Catalyst
There's a lot of talk about companies "doing the right thing." The view of many over the past 20 years has been that the "right thing" is maximizing shareholder value. Everything else is a secondary consideration at best. That is changing. Increasingly, doing the right thing means leaders … [Read more...]
This post originally appeared on the RoseMont Institute web site. I look forward to your thoughts and comments. This is the time of year when many of us look back on the year to assess what went well, what didn’t, and what we’d wish we’d done differently. It is particularly poignant this … [Read more...]
I am spending an interesting and provocative week in a seminar led by Margaret (Meg) Wheatley. She is the author of Leadership and the New Science, a book that I refer to again and again in my own work. It looks at what our increasing understanding of the natural world through complexity theory, … [Read more...]
Ten years ago today I awoke to a call from home insisting that I "turn on the TV!" Like so many others I sat in horror as the World Trade Center towers fell. The difference was that I had been on American flight 11 on September 10 and had been scheduled to fly on 9/11. It happened to be that my trip … [Read more...]
I had the great good fortune to interview Michael Brown, co-founder and CEO of City Year, for a forthcoming book on meta-leadership. City Year is a volunteer service agency that deploys corps of young people to assist with worthy projects in 20 cities. It gives these youth the chance to garner … [Read more...]
I work with leaders to build their resilience and increase their impact on the organizations and communities they lead. I am a writer, speaker and conversation catalyst, teacher, and consultant. I draw inspiration from nature, the complex environments of cities, and the seemingly endless creativity of my fellow humans. 
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