by Allan Bird | Feb 19, 2021 | Global Skills, Leadership
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,But in ourselves,” (Julius Caesar, Act 1, scene 2, 135–141) Somewhere between the forces beyond our control and those within our control is latitude for navigating the complex challenges of the world around us. Though, as...
by Mark Mendenhall | Dec 19, 2020 | Global Skills, Leadership
In his recent book, “The Zealot and the Emancipator,” H.W. Brands contrasts the differences in philosophy between John Brown and Abraham Lincoln in solving the problem of slavery in the USA in the 19th century. Both wanted to see slavery end but chose very...
by Joyce Osland | Nov 20, 2020 | Global Skills, Leadership
In workplaces around the globe, we can readily see the negative results of diversity misunderstandings and mismanagement in the form of unnecessary tensions and underutilized talent. How managers and organizations handle diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) plays a...
by Gary Oddou | Sep 23, 2020 | Global Skills, Leadership
Every one of us lives with uncertainty. Some of it is self-induced, while other uncertainties come from elsewhere. COVID-19 is a wildly clear example of that. It is an extreme version of uncertainty that has turned many of our lives upside down in a myriad of ways...
by Joyce Osland | Jul 4, 2019 | Leadership
How weird can you be in a major corporation and still keep your job? Kathleen McDonald, a former organization development team leader who was responsible for a project on managing diversity at Exxon, devised an eccentricity model to help employees answer that very...
by Maureen Metcalf | Jun 20, 2019 | Conference, Education, Leadership
This article was originally posted on ILA Intersections. I am keenly interested in understanding how leaders progress their business agendas as well as the global agenda in times of significant geopolitical shifts. I attended the International Leadership...
