Researchers at the University of Illinois and University of Pennsylvania made headlines recently with a study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. It concluded that people with grumpy and negative attitudes may be more likely to reach higher skill levels at work. In two studies, researchers measured the different activities of participants over a two-week period […]
Monthly Archives: June 2014
June
24
What Experts Say About Lessons Learned
posted by Jeffrey Thomason
The other day I was asked about what lessons I have learned over the past 25 years that could be distilled into a hindsight approach. I thought that was a great question and so, as with all great questions, I asked the Internet. Rather than ask for the nearest location of a great teriyaki takeout […]
June
20
Bloom Where You Are Planted
posted by Jeffrey Thomason
The newly hired coach of the New York Knicks, Derek Fisher, gave a press conference a week ago in which the many shortcomings and challenges with his new team was the topic of conversation. Fisher’s response was an example of leadership mindset at it’s finest. “How do you make the most of what you have? That’s the message I’ll send […]
June
17
Some Things Don’t Change
posted by Jeffrey Thomason
A recent survey by the Ketchum Group’s Leadership Monitor was picked up by a variety of blogs and newspapers due to the “shock” value of the survey conclusions: women outperform men in the top four key leadership metrics. At first glance, this is the type of headline that provides the television talk shows and roundtables the opportunity […]
June
13
Accountability
posted by Jeffrey Thomason
I was recently fortunate to enjoy a vacation in the Federal Republic of Germany. For those who missed some big goings-on about 25 years ago, Germany was divided into two countries from 1949 to 1990 following the conclusion of World War II. The city of Berlin was also divided following the conflict and jointly occupied […]
June
11
People You Should Know – Admiral William McRaven
posted by Jeffrey Thomason
Last month, the graduates of the University of Texas got a special commencement address from someone who has spent the majority of his life avoiding any type of public event such as a graduation speech. Admiral William McRaven returned to his alma mater to address the class of 2014 and provide a little life advice […]
June
08
Fellowship
posted by Jeffrey Thomason
In past posts on this blog, I have spoken about the concept of “followership“. The general drift of that message was that there was good and bad “followership” and that good leaders in general were equally adept at being led. There are some rules to being led, and being the best you can be at it. […]
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