In just under two months, we’ll ditch this winter snow and bask in the warm sunshine of Orlando, FL for HCI’s annual Human Capital Summit. By now you’ve probably heard about the Summit theme: Building Successful and Adaptive Talent Management in a VUCA Environment (VUCA – describes an environment characterized by: Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity); and you’ve also started monitoring the list of rock-star keynotes as it continues to grow each week. You may have even read our lastest Summit Spotlight where we covered best-selling author and predictive statistician Nate Silver; this week I’d like to tell you about Liz Wiseman, author of the runaway bestseller, Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter. Liz knows a few things about leadership in a volatile environment…perhaps most importantly that when talent is required to be lean and agile – the ability to inspire, motivate and drive the workforce towards increased production and innovation is critical for success.
In case you haven’t heard – or you’ve got an incredible immune system – this year’s flu season has gotten off to a raucous start. As an early victim of the virus, I was unpleasantly reminded that the only benefits of being sick in bed are watching hours of television (guilt free!) and catching up on reading.
After this Saturday essay on what leaders do appeared in The Journal, I’ve had a number of friends and colleagues ask me about whether – and how – my experience writing about organizations and leadership has affected the way I think about my own role within an organization –
There's a wonderful scene in The Odyssey when Odysseus prepares himself to steer his ship and his men past the treacherous Sirens, creatures who sing a seductive song that can lead a person astray. It's a great moment in literature — and an extremely useful image for managers intent on ferreting out the feedback they need for career advancement.