Musings 13 May 2014

The only thing worse than hiring the wrong employee is hiring the wrong leader. And yet is happens more often than not. The best leaders are humble...it really makes a difference. Majority of the ones I see or read about these days are anything but. Why is it that we continue to promote the narcissistic approach to leadership as the best one? Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries shares his thoughts as does Tanveer Naseer here.

Brian Tracy sounds off on how to be happy by cultivating great relationships.

Jeff Haden shares his list of 50 top management experts…and 51-100 also.

Why Apple is buying Beats. Beats was reportedly on track to earn $1.4 billion in revenue in 2013.

Coldplay's Ghost Stories is out on 19 May, but you can listen to it now.

25 Best Burgers in the U.S. One down – tried In-and-Out Burger in LA in November 2013 – 24 to go.

Sad to read this today. I used to listen to Casey's Top 40 countdown in Rome, mid-1980s

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February 2023 - Things of Interest

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Musings 7 May 2014

"Call it magic or call it true." This morning, my son, Nael, and I were watching the video for Coldplay's new single, Magic. Chris Martin's handwritten lyric sheets for their new album, Ghost Stories, can be found here . It's a funny thing with Coldplay. I don't consider myself a major fan but that hasn't stopped me from buying all their CDs. Oh, well... some sort of 'conscious uncoupling' here? Do you remember the movie Wicker Park when The Scientist played near the end. They couldn't have chosen a better song to fit the scene. Interesting, the word Ghost. The Police's Ghost in the Machine (1981) was an excellent album and I like the Cure song, The Hungry Ghost (on 4:13 Dream, released in 2008. Looking forward to a new Cure album this year) Al Gore's book, Earth in the Balance , remains a favourite of mine. Which is why I would like to get a hold of Our Choice . Looked at in the context of our planet's history, what we're do...

Leaders and employees

In the last month, I came across a few interesting readings on leadership and employees worth sharing. Jacob Morgan has a book out called The Future of Work: Attract New Talent, Build Better Leaders, and Create a Competitive Organization. He talks about the book in his Forbes post and his manifesto . I especially like the graphic on the evolution of the employee on the Forbes website. Jacob's also involved in a collaborative initiative, The Future Organization. You can join if this is of interest and if you can afford the membership. Good employees stem from and result in good leaders, leaders who inspire, according to Bain and Company, their article, Leaders who inspire: A 21st-century approach to developing your talent . " Leaders can no longer rely only on traditional leadership skills to be effective. They can no longer simply issue directives. Nor can leaders rely heavily on the traditional tools of motivation—the classic carrot-and-stick approach. Instea...

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