by chriscurnow | May 7, 2006 | Uncategorized
I was roused by a couple of articles that came across my desk this week to think again about the prevailing myth of heroic corporate leadership – particularly heroic CEOs. First was the following headline in the Australian Financial Review on Wednesday: Dragon...
by chriscurnow | Apr 16, 2006 | Uncategorized
It’s Easter. In Melbourne Easter traditionally marks the final end of summer regardless of what the weather is like. Sometimes we will get a warm Easter and sometimes it will be quite wintery. This Easter has been more wintery than warm. I started out with a...
by chriscurnow | Apr 16, 2006 | Uncategorized
In this Human Relations piece [subscription required] ISPSO associate James Krantz argues that “betrayal is an essential element of leadership and organizational change.” He suggests that during significant change “decisions that breach existing...
by chriscurnow | Feb 22, 2006 | Uncategorized
Although I haven’t followed his career closely Don Argus has always struck me as a deep and broad minded thinker. There are other powerful CEOs and chairmen that don’t evoke the same confidence in their ability to think beyond profit and power. A certain...
by chriscurnow | Feb 20, 2006 | Uncategorized
I am sad to say that I have just caught up on the news that Harold Bridger died in May 2005. I knew Bridger as the developer of what I came to know as the “Consultant Enquirer Model” which is the basis of the workshop I call Consultant Coaching Workshop. I...
by chriscurnow | Feb 12, 2006 | Uncategorized
This BOSS article has turned my attention once again to Martin Seligman, author of Authentic Happiness and Learned Optimism. We all seek to be happy, but how happy can we be and what can make us happy? Seligman suggests there are three components to happiness. He...
