I fell on a website which prides itself in demotivating people by making them realize the cold hard reality of life. I admit I was a very fond adept of the Motivation Posters. I would have them all around my offices.
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Sebastien Provencher, from praized.com, quoted JG Ballard on his blog and I thought it was worth repeating here. It is interesting to see the relationship between your local Yellow Pages and your society. I came across this little bit of sarcastic information on project management steps in my daily web reading. I can't tell you who the author is because it's been copied everywhere without credit... but it's not me. Former City of New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani gave us a brilliant and memorable quote at the Republican Convention a few days ago. (I'm not showing my colors - I've watched most of both Conventions). I was roasting marshmallows the other day with my kids. While analyzing how the sugary treat reacts to the fire, I couldn't help drawing parallels between that activity and managing people. I've read some interesting quotes about strategy in the last months, prepping for the current strategy-focused position I have. The one that stuck with me was from Verne Harnish, CEO of Gazelles - a growth consulting company. It give an interesting view as to why we need solid strategy in a company. Strategy. One leadership book which has had a profound influence on me was 'The Way of the Shepherd' by Kevin Leman. It describes how to be a leader by drawing parallels to keeping a flock of sheep. I know, it doesn't sound like there are parallels to make... but read on. Here are the principles from the book and the studied lives of shepherds. I think what really gets to me is that Shepherd Leadership promotes the notion that leaders are actually servants to their constituents. Now that's counter-intuitive.... Ahhh Internal politics. ‘Is the project finished?’ |
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