Archive for June, 2008

Developing Middle Managers

Posted by Sharon 19 June 2008

Caught in the Middle, a new article by Wharton School of Business captures the dilemma of middle managers quite starkly. When they do their job well, they co-ordinate the needs and efforts of many people spread across the organisation and often have no visibility from senior leaders. They are accountable for execution of strategy, […]

Humans are hypocrites - use this knowledge

Posted by Sharon 18 June 2008

In a recent interview with business philosopher and author Paul Hawken in BOSS magazine, there’s a “phrase bite” I loved about greenwash - “Hypocrisy is one place to start… It’s human nature to start with little white lies before you actually change what you really do. So business is telling lots of white […]

Trust in the Web 2.0 environment

Posted by Sharon 12 June 2008

Thanks to my colleague Stephanie West Allen from the Appreciative Inquiry list for this link to an interview with Karen Stephenson about her new book Quantum Theory of Trust.
Lots of her arguments resonate, especially the one about making sure you are dealing with a new economy person (who believes in growing the pie) when sharing […]

Why giving really is good for you

Posted by Sharon 11 June 2008

I ran across a fascinating book in the Pages & Pages, Mosman bookshop on the weekend - just the topic for a wet Sunday - Why Good things happen to Good people. Author and researcher Stephen Post must have one of the best research roles - commissioning and finding research that proves the link […]