Category Archives: Change & Crisis Leadership

The (inconvenient) realities of learning by doing: lessons from rural and urban India

Imagine a school in rural India with over 400 students sharing one inoperable and filthy toilet. These conditions have more effect on education than one might expect. In fact, lack of access to toilets and basic sanitation is one of … READ MORE

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Developing Resiliency: A Response to the Sandy Hook Shootings and Beyond

The still recent tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, touches us to our core.  Children — America’s most preciously resource – were literally gunned down, taking away bright futures and the promises of tomorrow. To make matters … READ MORE

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My Top 3 Leader Resolutions for 2013

Like many people, I use the entry into a new year as a time to assess what I am grateful about and to make proclamations about what I’d like to do differently this year. Here are my top three leader … READ MORE

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4 Bad Attitudes that Hinder Change Leadership

What gets in the way of leading change? Bad attitudes can. CCL’s John McGuire says four general attitudes are common reasons why many managers, leaders and executives shrink back from leading change and, instead, focus on managing operations. You may … READ MORE

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Why was George Bailey ‘the richest man in town?’

Can a movie about a businessman help us with recent events? We all know the story and you can see it on TVs anywhere on the dial.  George Bailey, depicted in Frank Capra’s masterpiece, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” is a … READ MORE

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Travel Well, Travel Light

Over the years, I’ve honed an approach to travel that works well for me. That is no small feat because I have two seemingly conflicting interests. One is to travel as cheaply and as lightly as possible. The other is … READ MORE

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Bringing Focus to Innovation Leadership: Part 4, Five Steps to Jump-start the Real Drivers of Innovation

Pulled from the white paper, “Becoming a Leader Who Fosters Innovation,” by David Magellan Horth and Jonathan Vehar We’ve seen that innovation is a compelling object for organizations as they look for ways to grow their top line via their … READ MORE

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Let’s talk some more about change

On Oct 2, CCL officially opened our brand new Brussels, Belgium campus with ‘A Day for Change’. We are indeed a long way from the world in William Whyte’s book ‘The Organization Man’, in which he describes the golden age … READ MORE

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The Art of Breakthrough Part 2: Doing Something Isn’t Always Better Than Doing Nothing

(Part 1 of this series was Break is the Important Part of Breakthrough) Einstein’s theory of relativity came to him in a daydream. Friedrich von Stradonitz discovered the shape of the benzene ring after dreaming of a snake biting its tail. … READ MORE

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What Sandy and Katrina Can Help Us Learn About Crisis

When Hurricane Sandy struck the US, the massive storm – the largest Atlantic storm on record – was only second to Hurricane Katrina in the damage it inflicted. Sandy ravaged the New Jersey coast and surged through New York City, … READ MORE

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