Thomas Koeppen Blog » leadership http://thomaskoeppen.com steady for every message Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:08:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Why do CEO’s fail http://thomaskoeppen.com/2008/05/27/why-do-ceos-fail/ http://thomaskoeppen.com/2008/05/27/why-do-ceos-fail/#comments Tue, 27 May 2008 19:45:11 +0000 Thomas http://thomaskoeppen.com/?p=67 Glen Waring, has summarized his observations on “Why do CEO’s Fail”. His thoughts are based on over 2,000 one-to-one meetings with CEO’s and over 200 all-day TEC Group meeting.

  1. An Inability to See the Bigger Picture
  2. An Aversion to Using Solid Financial Practices
  3. A Lack of Clear Vision
  4. A Lack of Passion
  5. Lack of Clarity on the Reasons for Success
  6. Too Many Distractions
  7. Disconnecting from Customers
  8. Integrity Outages

Read more: businessinmotion.ca

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Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

Confucius

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Leonardo da Vinci

And back to business – a simple method of simplifying:

Collect – Choose – Eliminate – Organize.

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Posted by The Thomas Koeppen Blog 2008.

]]> http://thomaskoeppen.com/2008/01/08/simplicity/feed/ 0 i learn http://thomaskoeppen.com/2007/09/21/all/ http://thomaskoeppen.com/2007/09/21/all/#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:01:36 +0000 thomas http://blog.thomaskoeppen.com/display/blog/2007/09/21/all

You tell me, i forget. You teach me, i remember. You involve me, i learn. Benjamin Franklin.

]]> http://thomaskoeppen.com/2007/09/21/all/feed/ 0 What is a leader? http://thomaskoeppen.com/2007/05/19/what-is-a-leader/ http://thomaskoeppen.com/2007/05/19/what-is-a-leader/#comments Sat, 19 May 2007 19:06:04 +0000 thomas http://blog.thomaskoeppen.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=3833881 I found a nice description from http://www.agileadvice.com/ :

“A leader is a person who assists a group of people become a self-organizing, self-managing and self-sustaining team so that he/she no longer has to be a leader for that group.”

This is an interesting definition in contrast to the wikipedia one:

House defines “leadership” organizationally and narrowly as “the ability of an individual to influence, motivate, and enable others to contribute toward the effectiveness and success of the organizations of which they are members”. Organizationally, leadership directly impacts the effectiveness of costs, revenue generation, service, satisfaction, earnings, market value, share price, social capital, motivation, engagement, and sustainability. Leadership is the ability of an individual to set an example for others and lead from the front. It is an attitude that influences the environment around us.

Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadership

Agile Axioms

]]> http://thomaskoeppen.com/2007/05/19/what-is-a-leader/feed/ 0 management strategies by Paul Lemberg http://thomaskoeppen.com/2007/01/24/management-strategies-by-paul-lemberg-imported/ http://thomaskoeppen.com/2007/01/24/management-strategies-by-paul-lemberg-imported/#comments Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:36:10 +0000 thomas http://blog.thomaskoeppen.com/display/blog/2007/01/24/management+strategies+by+Paul+Lemberg+%28imported%29 I posted some quite interesting articles from Paul Lemberg (the President of Quantum Growth Coaching):

Thought Leader Articles by Paul Lemberg: (formerly posted in strategy – still not migrated in my new weblog)

  • 10 Qualities of a Transformational Leader What does a transformational leader need to know? Who do they need to be?
  • Six Ways Bosses Hurt Employee Performance
  • How to Make Mistakes Making Mistakes for Greater Profits and Satisfaction: Promoting Risk Taking and Eliminating Fear of Failure
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