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Leaders Need Wings, Not Wheels: The Profound Difference Between Elevating and Shifting Behavior
“I need you to elevate me here.” --U2, “Elevation” Which would you rather attach to your company: A new set of wheels to help shift gears with incremental improvements, or a set of wings that elevates performance by addressing the threats and opportunities of an interconnected and morally interdependent world? The answer is obvious. Wings enable leaders and organizations to launch the journeys that our new world requires – not to merely survive, but to thrive.
In the machine age, only one type of organization will thrive: a human one
The world is not just rapidly changing, it is being dramatically reshaped. It is being reshaped faster than individual humans and the institutions are yet able to respond. Recent technological advances and disruptions have generated a world that operates so differently that we struggle to comprehend its meaning and adapt to the circumstances it presents to us.
Meditation can improve your life and work, but you have to do it like you mean it
As those of us in the Northern hemisphere settle into the autumn, I’m mindful of persistent advice from business gurus telling me that I should be practicing mindfulness, but I’m even more mindful that mindfulness has become one of the most overused, watered-down tropes of the year.
Activist employees: A price worth paying – Dov Seidman – Medium
When employees go public with objections to the perceived moral shortcomings of their companies, most executives react with a sigh of relief — glad it wasn’t their company. In the past year, employees at organizations ranging from Google and Amazon to Deloitte and McKinsey have protested the handling of sexual harassment allegations and petitioned management to stop working with customers that they consider unethical, immoral, or damaging to society.
Employees feel businesses are lacking moral leadership. This is why.
"Who are America’s moral leaders?" USA Today asked in a recent headline. At a time when businesses are increasingly thrust to the forefront of complex issues such as racial bias, gender equity and privacy rights, an overwhelming majority of employees feel adrift. They do not believe their organizations are run by moral leaders. Less than a quarter of employees think their managers exhibit the qualities and behaviours of moral leaders. Only 17% say their leaders normally tell the truth.
We are in the "Era of Behavior" says Dov Seidman, Author of "How"
by Dov Seidman, author of "HOW: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything." In today’s world the production of good and harm has been democratized. One London banker can lose over $2 billion in unauthorized trading and it will lead to the global economy experiencing more volatility and likely wipe out this year’s bonuses at his bank. One vegetable vendor in Tunisia can spark a revolution for freedom across the Arab world. We are deep into what I call the Era of Behavior.
Shimon Peres' 7 Lessons for an 8-year-old Boy
It has been one year since the passing of Shimon Peres. Visionary, soldier, statesman, founder of the State of Israel, prime minister, president, Nobel laureate: no title, description or accolade can fully capture the immensity of his contribution – not only to Israel but to all who aspire to a better, more peaceful, more just world. We now have President Peres’ story in his own words.
Here Are 4 Keys to Being a Better Boss
Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga remembers hearing Dov Seidman lecture at the World Economic Forum in Davos a few years ago. Seidman was one of the more unusual speakers on the agenda—thanks partly to the way he spoke, gliding easily from history to philosophy to the curious anthropology of Facebook.
The Real Purpose of Corporate Purpose
Henry Ford's Model T. Photo Courtesy of Ford Europe via Flickr. Every single day, business leaders and the people they work with are constantly reminded that the world around them is moving faster than they are currently able to respond and in ways that they struggle to predict, comprehend, let alone [...]
¿Cómo una breve pausa puede inspirar grandes resultados?
A sus 15 años, Trisha Prabhu entiende el poder de la pausa. Como hija de ingenieros computacionales, Prabhu ha estudiado programación desde pequeña. Sin embargo, en 2012, luego de conocerse el suicidio de una niña de once años por causa de un incesante y cruel bullying por internet, Prabhu decidió utilizar su conocimiento para combatir uno de los flagelos sociales más grandes de su generación. Prabhu creó Rethink, una aplicación que busca detener el cyber-bullying.
Sobrevivir y tener éxito en la economía de lo humano
La Economía del Conocimiento sirvió para crear "libertad de". Empresas como Alibaba y Amazon nos dieron libertad de las tiendas. Servicios como Uber y Lyft nos dieron libertad de la industria de taxis. El problema es que, tal cual sucede con un dictador depuesto, nada se construye automáticamente en el espacio que éste deja. Lo que es peor, existe el riesgo de que se convierta nuevamente en el sistema que se intentó dejar atrás.
To Build Trust in Business, Start with a Pause - How is the Answer
Businesses of all kinds are mired in a crisis of trust.
Starting with a Pause
Dov Seidman is the chief executive of LRN, a company dedicated to principled performance. He is also the author of HOW: Why HOW We Do Anything Means Everything (Wiley, 2011). Businesses of all kinds are mired in a crisis of trust.
Bota tu plan de negocios: esto es una travesía
Polman me compartió su visión respecto de la travesía de Unilever: se trata de tener pasión, un propósito y actitud positiva. Me dijo que hay ciertas cosas por las que vale la pena emprender una travesía: mantener visiones inspiradoras, perseguir objetivos nobles, abordar problemas de la sociedad. Para Unilever parte del trayecto es resistir a convertirse en un mero espectador del cambio climático y otros desafíos de nuestros tiempos.
¿Quiere hacer cosas grandes? Hágase pequeño
¿Cómo se define a un líder? Es una pregunta que me hecho por años y que intento preguntar a los empresarios y ejecutivos con que me toca interactuar (nótese que no hablé de "líderes", pues un título no confiere automáticamente liderazgo ni autoridad). La mayoría de nosotros asocia la palabra "líder" con personalidades y estereotipos tales como carisma, dinamismo, motivación y fortaleza.
In the Machine Age, Only One Type of Organization Will Thrive: A Human One - How is the Answer
The world is not just rapidly changing, it is being dramatically reshaped. It is being reshaped faster than individual humans and the institutions are yet able to respond. Recent technological advances and disruptions have generated a world that operates so differently that we struggle to comprehend its meaning and adapt to the circumstances it presents to us.
In the machine age, only one type of organization will thrive: a human one – World Economic Forum
The world is not just rapidly changing, it is being dramatically reshaped. It is being reshaped faster than individual humans and the institutions are yet able to respond. Recent technological advances and disruptions have generated a world that operates so differently that we struggle to comprehend its meaning and adapt to the circumstances it presents to us.
In the machine age, only one type of organization will thrive: a human one
The world is not just rapidly changing, it is being dramatically reshaped. It is being reshaped faster than individual humans and the institutions are yet able to respond. Recent technological advances and disruptions have generated a world that operates so differently that we struggle to comprehend its meaning and adapt to the circumstances it presents to us.
What Every Boss Can Do To Inspire Innovation
Dov Seidman is the chief executive of LRN, a company that helps corporations develop values-based cultures and leadership, and strengthen their ethics and compliance efforts. He is also the author of HOW: Why HOW We Do Anything Means Everything. The vast majority of business leaders are looking for innovation in all the wrong places.
It's Time to Rethink the Job Interview - How is the Answer
The working world offers plenty of opportunities for fear and trepidation. But few experiences in that world inspire more anxiety than the job interview. And for good reason. Candidates offer themselves up for judgment, most often by a person or group of people they are meeting for the first time. Today’s job interview process is perhaps more arduous than ever.
Supreme Commander Stavridis: Donald Trump Is Wrong on NATO
The world has seen many failed alliances, from the League of Nations to the Warsaw Pact. We should all hope that NATO does not become one of them.
New Metrics For A New Reality
In modern business, perhaps the most sacred management adage is that what you measure is what you get. Therefore, it follows, you must manage what you measure. At the same time, Albert Einstein cautioned that, "Not everything that can be counted counts and not everything that counts can be counted."
Why Trust Motivates Employees More than Pay
Everyone knows that a workplace in which people feel appreciated and valued, with more autonomy, is a more pleasant place to work than one in which they don’t. What has been less certain is that workplaces with high trust and a strong culture actually do better as businesses. Now, with the release of a new study from ethics and leadership advisory firm LRN, we are getting closer to proving a link between the two.
Is Big Data Killing The Humanity In Our Companies?
Unless you've been cryogenically frozen for the last 16 years, you've probably noticed how radically our world has been reshaped by ever-expanding technology. Perhaps no part of our world, however, has embraced this shift as fully as business. In many respects, this makes sense. Business, by its very nature, is about [...]
Why Hillary Clinton Should Choose a Republican Vice President
A few weeks ago Hillary Clinton said that we should “Make America Whole.” She may have said it as an aside, just as a contrast to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again,” but it actually encapsulates an ethos of leadership both deeply rooted in the American political tradition and central to the future of both our country and the corporate world.
Don't Engage, Elevate
A few weeks ago, I was speaking to a group of senior leaders at a global bank and asked the room a simple question: “What behaviors do you want to see more of from your employees? What would help you win more customers and grow your business?” As we went around from table to table describing the best attributes for business success, I didn’t hear one person mention nimbleness, work ethic, or even intelligence.
We’ve Forgotten What “Greatness” Really Means
“Make America Great Again!” Donald Trump’s campaign slogan has clearly hit a public nerve. But what, exactly, is “greatness”? This is a question very much worth asking. After all, if we’re going to aspire to greatness together, we should have a common understanding of what we’re talking about. Often, greatness is defined by how much. How much money did I make, how much is our market share, how much is our stock worth, what’s the country’s GDP?
Why Scaling Values Over Value Today Can Change the World Tomorrow
Happy Holidays. Now that Thanksgiving has come and gone, full of food, family and festivities, the procession of faux holidays (like fur and leather) has begun: Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. There's a joke I've seen floating around on Twitter-"Black Friday: because only in America, people trample others for [...]
Why Today’s Capitalism is No Longer Laissez-Faire
If ever we needed any evidence that we are undergoing a huge shift in the very nature of capitalism, how our economy is organized and what business fundamentally is, we need only look to how and how much new business language is being invented. While business often gets accused of being jargony, of creating unintelligible phrases, I think much more is going on with this flowering of ethically-minded language.
How a Small Break Can Inspire Big Results
Fifteen year-old Trisha Prabhu understands the power of pausing. As a high school student and daughter of software engineers, Prabhu spent years studying computer programming from a young age. After learning about an 11-year-old girl who committed suicide in 2012 because of relentless bullying on the Internet, she was prompted [...]
What George Washington Can Teach Washington in 2016
With the 2016 Election season underway, the swirl of candidates and campaigns is drawing us into a discussion. Behind the talking points and slogans, what’s on display is not just leaders or leadership styles, but underlying worldviews. A worldview is an internal ethos or attitude that becomes external. It is a perspective from which one interprets the world and a set of beliefs one applies to it, which, in turn, inform actions and shape strategies.
Surviving and Thriving in the Human Economy
Fifteen years ago, when 40 companies formed the Global Compact at the United Nations, they laid out the principles for a more inclusive and sustainable world. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan called for a “global compact of shared values and principles, which will give a human face to the global market.” Today, as I address the assembled members of the UN Global Compact, I urge business leaders to consider how that “human face” of the global market is needed more urgently today than ever.
Want to Do Big Things? Make Yourself Small
Type “leader definition” into Google and the result is what seems like a simple answer: “a person who leads or commands a group, organization or country.” Merriam-Webster has a similar solution: “A person who has commanding authority or influence.” The common thread between these standard definitions is Commanding, a word with synonyms like imposing or controlling.
Want To Do Big Things? Make Yourself Small
How do you define a leader? It’s a question I’ve been asking myself for years now and one I try to ask the CEOs, business owners and managers I come into contact with. (Notice I didn’t say leaders I come in contact with. A title doesn’t automatically confer leadership.
The ultimate sign you’re working for a great company
Fortune’s annual “100 Best Companies to Work For” list provides useful insights into how we collectively view corporate culture. Most of us flip through the pages or click through the screens hovering over pictures and blurbs highlighting gourmet chefs, nap rooms, yoga instructors and other signifiers of “great” workplaces. That said, the true “Best Companies to Work For” have the right culture and aren’t just great workplaces.
Top 5 quotes on education
The World Economic Forum’s latest report on education, a study of nearly 100 countries, has revealed large gaps in students’ skills around the world. According to the study, too many students are not getting the education they need to prosper in the 21st century, and countries are not finding the numbers of the skilled workers they need to be globally competitive. Read the report ‘New Vision for Education’ here. Image: Students take their seats for the diploma ceremony at the John F.
Our Employer-Employee Marriages Need Counseling
The monthly jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reads like a national marriage scorecard. There are tallies of courtships (“job openings”), marital unions (“hires”) and a variety of divorces (“total separations,” “quits,” “layoffs” and “discharges”). Our recent scorecards contain some positive how-much news: Employment marriages have outpaced employment divorces for more than a year, and the national unemployment rate is now south of 6 percent.
From Dropping Prices on CyberMonday to Elevating Values on #GivingTuesday
Two years ago, I about #GivingTuesday when it first launched, calling it the “kind of wave that will launch and sustain us on a new journey.” Created as a response to “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday,” #GivingTuesday was spearheaded by the 92nd Street Y in partnership with the United Nations Foundation and other admirable organizations. Back then, the movement consisted of around 1,400 American charitable groups; this year, #GivingTuesday has spread to all 50 states and dozens of countries.
From the Knowledge Economy to the Human Economy
Over the course of the 20th century, the mature economies of the world evolved from being industrial economies to knowledge economies. Now we are at another watershed moment, transitioning to human economies—and the shift has profound implications for management. What do I mean by the human economy? Economies get labeled according to the work people predominately do in them.
How Human Is Your Company?
“There is a difference between doing the next thing right, and doing the next right thing.” Online quizzes have suddenly become a “cheap – if vexing – form of modern self-analysis,” according to The Wall Street Journal. In a recent 24-hour period, 97 million people took a quiz to determine which Disney Princess “matched” their personality; 41 million people tried to determine which state is best suited for their personal traits; and 20 million sought to find out which city they should live in.
Anatomy of an Authentic Apology
“Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.” — Elie Wiesel Whether in politics, business or sports, people often view public apologizing as an extension of public relations, a way to conduct damage control rather than express genuine contrition.
Calling for an Apology Cease-Fire
In 1976, Elton John sang the memorable phrase “Sorry seems to be the hardest word.” Well, “sorry” has become one of the easiest and most convenient — and therefore least meaningful — words there is. Business, politics, media, academia, sports and celebrity – virtually every aspect of our public lives – are in the midst of a dangerous apology crisis. That truth has been with us for some time, but the mea culpas have kept on coming to the point where they are reaching the level of parody.
The New Way to Win Super Bowls: Leadership Lessons of the NFL’s Cutting Edge Coaches | TIME.com
49ers Coach Jim Harbaugh and Ravens Coach John Harbaugh may have captured the world’s attention in the run-up to this Super Bowl because they’re brothers who hail from a coaching dynasty. But there’s a much better reason to watch them: their distinctly 21st-century approach to leadership.
Why I Don’t Want the Recession to End Yet
Everyone is asking the same questions: Have we hit bottom yet? When will the recession end? When will things go back to the way they were? As a chief executive, I’m as eager as anyone to put the recession into the past. A growing economy benefits everyone. More importantly, there has been a lot of loss–not just economic loss but human loss, hardship, pain and adversity, affecting all of our lives and all around us.
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