Wil Durant (1935-1975) is credited with coining this platitude. He was speaking of nations, but I believe it applies to organizations and to individuals. We start out fending for ourselves. We scratch and scrape, wasting little and stretching every dollar and minute for all we can get out of it. As we get more prosperous, [...]
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Sheepdog or Shepherd? Dec16
When I visited New Zealand a few years ago, I saw a demonstration of the well-trained working sheepdogs who daily move the sheep from place to place there. Incredibly quick and extremely tenacious, the dogs reminded me of some of the bosses I’ve had and, unfortunately, of some of my own leadership early on. I [...]
