The gym where I exercise has a magazine rack. For me, that's an essential piece of equipment-- right up there with the elliptical, stair stepper, weight machines, free weights, etc. I have to have something to read while I'm cranking out the MET's on my aerobic equipment du jour; otherwise I get frightfully bored.
Today I happened to be reading the latest (11/24/08) issue of Fortune. Great series of articles by Jennifer Reingold in the "Leadership" section:
Meet Your New Leader: How the fallout from the financial crisis could breed a new type of corporate leader-- the "Lifeguard Leader," who's more skilled at negotiating with different constituencies (especially government) and more willing to ask questions and acknowledge what he/she doesn't know than the "Lone Ranger Leader" celebrated in the business and popular press over the last few decades.
10 New Gurus You Should Know: The "next generation" of management experts. Here are the ones that intrigued me: Patrick Lencioni (his focus is on "organizational health" and he's now turning his attention to working with "overwhelmed families"); Rakesh Khurana (his big idea is "charismatic CEO's don't work," and he believes management needs to become a profession-- with licensing requirements, a code of ethics, and a "stated commitment to improving the well-being of stakeholders and society"); Don Sull (his big ideas are that businesses should forget about developing a grand vision and should instead embrace uncertainty); and Joel Podolny (when he was at Yale School of Management, he developed courses on customers and invention that looked at problems holistically, and now he's heading up Apple's in-house "university").
Secrets of Their Success: Interview with Malcolm Gladwell about his latest book. What grabbed my attention: The 10,000-hours rule and the relationship between wet-rice farming and academic success. (Read the whole thing.)
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