Kindness and Self-Interest
In an competitive world, leaders must become students of human relations and recognize that managing by command and control rarely works in today’s economy.
Leadership
The Covenantal Leader
This article explains the role of covenantal leaders in understanding overlooked assumptions making up the unspoken psychological contract between leaders and followers.
Revitalizing Organizational Identity to Spark Turnaround
This article proposes a model for examining and revitalizing identity attributes as needed to support organizational turnaround and avoid organizational death.
The Benefits of Mindfulness in Leading Transformational Change
The experience of ambiguity can be unsettling and anxiety provoking for all concerned, thereby impairing organization members’ willingness and ability to change.
“Live Your Life in Crescendo”
10 moral insights Stephen Covey offered a business world that epitomized his insights and recognized him as one of America’s most highly regarded management consultants.
A Framework To Evaluate Consulting Efforts
Evidence-based evaluation provides a rigorous, valid, and reliable approach for assessing the effectiveness of a consulting engagement.
Arrow Electronics: Surviving and Thriving After Tragedy
John C. Waddell shepherded Arrow Electronics through a major crisis after the tragic loss of the company’s top executives…lessons in leadership, strategy, and HR.
A Values Approach to Advancing Women in Leadership
Women make up half the workforce in nearly every country, still, labor shortages call for increased participation of women workers at all levels of the organization.
High Performance Work Systems
While foolish for companies to spend money unwisely in managing human capital, growing research confirms that “high performance work systems” are worth the investment.
Infusing Traditional Business Systems with Spiritual Wisdom
Spiritual wisdom like mindfulness coexists in unconventional ways with traditional business models resulting in positive outcomes for the organization.
Developing Peer Coaching
A peer-coaching relationship can be less expensive than professional executive coaching, more intimate and honest, and provide a more diverse perspective.
6 Insights for Transformative Leaders
Jeffrey Pfeffer who noted that most organizations are victims of ineffective leaders who fail to research or apply correct management principles.
Forging Ethics-Based Business Partners
The ability to be trustworthy and credible is critical for business practitioners and educators to strengthen the competitiveness of businesses and improve its image.
Integrating a Spiritual Life into the Work Life
This article addresses the growing disconnect between an individual’s personal spiritual beliefs and professional code of conduct with particular application to the academy.
Editor’s Note
These articles informative as well as a challenge to take a deeper look at your business life, your work life, and as it applies, to your academic life.