Is Leadership Overrated? It All Depends
Freek Vermeulen, Contributor
Freek Vermeulen, Contributor
Avi Dan, Contributor
Ron Ashkenas, Contributor
In most folktales, when a young man sets off to rescue the princess and become the king, one of the first tests of his mettle involves generosity. An old woman asks that he share his meager meal, or a beggar pleads for a coin. The young man's older brothers have already refused this request, and bad things have invariably happened to them. read »
Acceptance of social media, especially Facebook, runs similar to the political spectrum. There are extremists on both sides: those who live on Facebook and those who want nothing to do with it. I, along with the rest of the American public, sit somewhere in the middle. There a big rush in the corporate techie space to get everything on to a social media platform like Facebook, from internal communication to job postings. Most of them are uncomfortable fits, but I think there is one area that does[...] read »
Recently, a reporter asked how I could be so optimistic about innovation, entrepreneurism and the American Dream when our political leaders do so little to support a national innovation strategy. I responded that I had to be optimistic, because the alternative – an America that is in perpetual decline – is unacceptable. read »
Can you remember the last time you stayed up late watching a movie while you should have been asleep? You weren’t wasting your time. In fact; you may have gained some insights into managing your portfolio. In case you missed them, here are 10 kernels of wisdom from Hollywood classics. 10. [...] read »
Tom Friedman's column in today's New York Times, "Bad Bargains," points to Saudi money as the source of funds that built Osama bin Laden's villa in Pakistan. Friedman concludes that the arrangement that the U.S. has with the Saudi ruling regime has to change because it allows the conservative Wahhabi religious sect "to control the country's religious mores, mosques and education system." read »
A provocative, fluidly-written cover story in the May 16 issue of New York Magazine, by talented Korean-American writer Wesley Yang, discusses the challenges faced by high-achieving Asian-Americans who get into top schools, perform extremely well, but then face obstacle as they try to climb the career ladder. read »
Robert Rigby-Hall and Glenn Kaufman are not onboarding into new leadership roles. They are creating them as they start up the HR LeaderCamp, a leadership program for high-potential Human Resource talent. read »
This post is part of an ongoing effort to identify the people, places, ideas, products and companies that are poised to become central to the global conversation over the next six to nine months. Click here to nominate your own “name.” The best will be featured in an upcoming issue of Forbes magazine. read »
The classic "entitlement" story of 2008 centered on the dispatch of Wachovia CEO Robert Steel to New York to be saved from insolvency by a shotgun marriage with Goldman Sachs. The panicked message to Lloyd Blankfein, GS Chairman from a government official; we're counting on you to make a deal to absorb Wachovia by 6 pm that evening. read »
