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Category Archives: Organization Behavior
Develop Character First, Leadership Will Follow
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. ~Helen Keller In the middle of the second World War, Britain was facing a shortage … Continue reading
Posted in consulting, corporate culture, Human Psychology, John R Childress, leadership, Life Skills, Organization Behavior, parenting, Self-improvement
Tagged Bernard M Gordon, Calvin and Hobbs, character, leadership development, leadership skills, leadership training, MIT, Rowallan Company
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I don’t multi-task well
Multi-tasking is merely the opportunity to screw up more than one thing at a time. ~Gary W. Keller You may have noticed I haven’t posted a blog in several weeks. (At least I hope you noticed.). The reason is simple, … Continue reading
How to Engineer an Agile Corporate Culture
“I finally figured something out. Agile development is a culture, not a process.” ~Jeff Patton I have a bum knee. Actually it’s more than bum, it’s truly dysfunctional, especially after running 15 marathons between the age of 45 … Continue reading
Posted in corporate culture, Human Psychology, John R Childress, Organization Behavior, Personal Development, strategy execution, Uncategorized
Tagged agile, agile culture, Corporate Culture, cross-training, culture change, Helen Keller, performance culture, resistance to change, running, taffy
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In Search of the Real Corporate Culture
There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact. ~Arthur Conan Doyle As a young boy I read most of the Sherlock Holmes books, watched the old black and white movies on TV late at night when Basil Rathbone was … Continue reading
Posted in consulting, corporate culture, Human Psychology, John R Childress, leadership, Organization Behavior, strategy execution, Uncategorized
Tagged Basil Rathbone, Corporate Culture, culture change, innovation, middle management, productivity, reshaping culture, shadow of the leader, Sherlock Holmes, strategy execution, UN translators
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The Rights and RESPONSIBILITIES of Corporate Leadership
I recently read what to me was a very disturbing article published in the INSEAD online magazine, KNOWLEDGE. Normally I enjoy reading their articles as INSEAD has some very fine business academics and some well thought through research findings. … Continue reading
Posted in consulting, corporate culture, Human Psychology, John R Childress, leadership, Organization Behavior, Self-improvement
Tagged bank fraud, Banking Crisis, banking culture, bankruptcy, business ethics, Corporate Culture, corporate responsibility, John F Kennedy, john r childress, leadership, rights and responsibilities, US Navy, Volkswagen fraud, Wells Fargo fraud
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Corporate Culture as an IED
“The greatest producer of casualties on the battlefield in the 20th century was artillery, and my assessment is the IED is the artillery of the 21st century,” ~Lt. Gen. Michael Barbero An IED is an Improvised Explosive Device, or in simple … Continue reading
Posted in consulting, corporate culture, Human Psychology, John R Childress, leadership, Organization Behavior, strategy execution
Tagged business risk, Corporate Culture, IED, john r childress, leadership, peer influence, peer pressure, Risk, risk culture, roadside bombs, subculture alignment, subcultures, terrorism
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A Deeper Look at Corporate Culture
The deeper we look, the more we learn As a young man I picked up a copy of a little book by James Allen, As A Man Thinketh. I stuffed it in my backpack and finally pulled it out on … Continue reading
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Tagged As a Man Thinketh, attitudes at work, change programmes, Corporate Culture, corporate values, culture change, Deep Sea Exploration, human behaviour, James Allen, work habits
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