http://quantumleadersblog.com Executing Strategy Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:13:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In a recent New Your Times article on the role Carolyn Kennedy played in the Democratic Vice President search team, she made an interesting comment that I thought merited commenting on.  “I’ve campaigned with him and seen him in large settings,” Ms. Kennedy said, “but to see the way he ... http://quantumleadersblog.com/2008/08/27/the-importance-of-leadership-style-as-president-or-as-ceo/ I just went to see the movie Swing Vote and while I would not say it was a great movie, it had a really important and significant message.  Not only for the political season we are currently in but for all of us who are in a position of leadership. In ... http://quantumleadersblog.com/2008/08/16/leadership-lessons-from-the-political-scene/ Empathy and compassion are two traits that are truly hard to come by.  And for most of us it comes out of an experience where we suffer the same fate of another.  Walk a mile in my shoes and then you will know what my life is like, is a ... http://quantumleadersblog.com/2008/08/04/the-importance-of-empathy-for-leaders/ Today’s New York Times headline reads, “Shipping Costs Start to Crimp Globalization - Cheap oil, the lubricant of inexpensive transportation links, may not return soon, upsetting the logic of diffuse global supply chains”.  In a number of other recent articles I am reminded that the demand for food in certain ... http://quantumleadersblog.com/2008/08/03/interdependence-and-leadership/ The other day I spent a half a day with a client going through a lessons learned session.  We had just finished the first phase of pilot implantation for a new way of managing project implementations.  By some measures the pilot was a “failure”, that is it did not achieve ... http://quantumleadersblog.com/2008/07/27/change-isnt-all-that-much-fun/ Last week I was meeting with a group of CEOs, 8 of us, sharing some of our challenges and seeking advice and support.  One of the men had just finished sharing about the challenges he is facing at home with his son, his own health, and his challenges with falling ... http://quantumleadersblog.com/2008/07/22/where-is-spirit-in-life-and-in-business/ ...have you ever been experienced? There's been a lot of discussion over recent years as to the notion that the nature of the U.S. economy is transforming (yet again) from that of being primarily a service economy into an experience economy. This theory was first laid out by Pine and Gilmore ... http://quantumleadersblog.com/2008/07/16/are-you-experienced/ In a meeting yesterday I was explaining to the VP of Product Development of a $200 million locally headquarted business the underlying concept of the Quantum Leaders' model of the 21st century business. And it dawned on me that I don't often share the underlying precept - business is all ... http://quantumleadersblog.com/2008/07/04/business-is-the-flow-of-energy/ In my last post I talked about the importance for the CEO and the board to increase the value of the firm, and that this should be a key focus of their responsibilities. I also state that the focus on value creation is perfectly consistent with the idea that ... http://quantumleadersblog.com/2008/07/03/profit-as-a-metric-of-the-spirtual-journy/ Ever wonder why companies wait for a crisis to take action they should be taking all along. A headline in today's NACD Directors Daily reads "Anheuser-Busch announces cost savings to boost value in face of InBev bid". and goeas on to say "the New York Times /AP (6/28, ... http://quantumleadersblog.com/2008/06/30/why-do-companies-wait/