Category Archives: Coda

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Coda / January 2002

“Everything Tyrone O’Sullivan knows about leadership and management he learned at the coal face, at the pithead, and on the picket line.

“Take your place in history.
You’ve been given a unique part to play at a unique stage of your company’s history. Make the most of it. ‘No one could write a history of the mining industry without the Tower experience. Now, as leaders, we are major players in that history,’
“Pat, don’t kick.
Create a workforce that is
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Coda / December 2001

Special Follow-up Review: Diversity and Top Management

In the November 2001 issue of LeadershipOpportunity (New Name: Integral Leadership Review) I provided a summary of Kate Sweetman, “don’t Worry, Be Happy,” MIT Sloan Management Review, Fall 2001. That article included a summary of findings from another article (Sigal G. Barsade, et al, “To Your Heart’s Content: A Model of Affective Diversity in Top Management Teams,” Administrative Science Quarterly, December 2000.) A key finding that was reported:

“The success or …

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Coda / August 2001

The importance of loyalty in leader-follower relationships is not new. However, Frederick F. Reichheld has elaborated this idea in the Harvard Business Review (July-August 2001). He has identified six principles of loyalty that apply to leaders and to companies in general.

As you read these, notice your reactions – thoughts, emotions, bodily sensations – any reactions.

Loyalty’s Six Principles

High loyalty companies, though extremely diverse, have several things in common: exemplary leaders who are committed to engendering and retaining loyalty, …

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Coda / July 2001

R & D Invitation, July 2001

Thanks to those who have responded to the invitation to join an R&D project for about three months. I hope to get this started by the end of July. More information will follow.

We need to understand more about the relationship between the needs of executives and how coaching can support those needs. The Manchester Group has provided a report about this that is very useful. And I think we can do even better.…