Now is no time to be ignorant

Earlier this week I was reflecting on Dr. Martin Luther King's quote, “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity” and if it might apply to my world as an advisor to business owners and senior executives. It does. A few years ago, during a lunch with Marshall Goldsmith, he reminded [...]

By |2021-02-20T18:51:05-04:00January 26th, 2013|Competence, Life|1 Comment

Weak and detached executives and their emotional bullsh*t

Sometimes executives, and other managers, exhibit bad behavior. It happens. Managers are people, too. Occasionally, however, executives are abusive, in the same way that a few people are “abusive personality types.” As I said, managers are people, too. With these abusive types we have come to expect raised voices, outrageous accusations, flushed faces, stern looks, [...]

By |2021-01-19T09:45:48-04:00January 12th, 2013|Character, Competence, Leadership|0 Comments
Go to Top