- John Madden is retired. What can he teach us about leadership?
- How does David beat Goliath? A middle-school Basketball team shows us how–and their coach teaches us how to lead.
- Everyday we read about rising unemployment. Colleges, discount stores, and others are still hiring; it’s not all bad news.
- McDonald’s is planning an old-school, $100 million, ad campaign for it’s ‘McCafe’ beverage line in an attempt to woe Starbucks’ cheaper customers. Will it work?
- How can you change a leader? Even his or her unconscious, reflexive, responses.
- The best job in the world: Caretaker of a tropical island–complete with 3-room villa and pool.
- From Forbes: America’s Best–And Worst-Paying Jobs.
- What if world leaders were friends on Facebook?
- Anthony Weiner can’t compete with Bloomberg’s money. However, he has loads of ambition.
- An interesting profile on one of America’s best bloggers: Andrew Sullivan.
- We talked about it last week: The Rules of Facebook. Now watch the entertaining video on the rules of Facebook.
- Worried about Swine Flu? Get in line. However, there are many disease outbreaks that are far worse.
- Interesting look at how incentives work, or don’t work, in business and politics.
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- It seems everyone is using Twitter. However, Twitter, in cases, can allow users to get access to breaking news and help companies do market research.
- I said it in Wednesday’s post: companies can’t just ‘hunker down’ during trying times. They need to invest in their core and, according to this piece in the New Yorker, start spending.
- Forbes considers what US cities have the best employment prospects.
- Interesting piece on how the recession may ‘shape’ America–and New York.
- Foreign Policy Magazine looks at how the world will be shaped by the recession–pointing to Mexico, Russia, and other countries as potential hotbeds for instability.
- Predicting crisis isn’t easy. Warnings are most often premature–a lesson leaders should learn quickly.
- NY is getting hit hard by the recession but young people are still trying to get in and get work.
- Want a job? Think green and go to school.
- Washington is becoming a glass town. But does it really signal ‘transparency’?
- Obama, like all leaders, has his skeptics.
- Can Michael Steele manage the GOP? He is alienating his base and needs to take control.
- Africa’s next leader: South Africa’s Zuma may bring Africa together or get caught up in the ‘same-old-same-old’.
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Leadership Link Round-Up
Here are last weeks best web based leadership & workplace articles:
- Snappy Forbes article considers Obama’s 5 recent Leadership Lessons.
- How to Procrastinate Like Leonardo Da Vinci. Looks like Leonardo wouldn’t get tenure.
- The Foreign Policy Magazine takes a sharp look at the rise and potential conflict between two CCP leaders: Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang.
- Free podcast from the Times UK by Debashis Chatterjee, professor of organizational behavior at the Indian Institute of Management.
- Wal-Mart is still in the black; partly due to considerate management.
- Japanese companies, according to The Economist, need to restructure their management or face another ‘lost decade’.
- Detailed report on Giuliani’s recent speech at a ‘Leaders in London‘ conference. Looks like we missed a good speech.
- Is the modern business man really too over-loaded with email, texts, and twitter updates to care about what really matters? The American Prospect thinks not.
- Does a leader become a leader when he starts his job? Or do you have to grow into a leader?
- Sure, unemployment is up…but so are paychecks.
- Leadership Lessons from Geese: The title says it all.
