June 2006
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June 2, 2006
The UAE Comes to the U.S. for New Leadership Guidance: Last March after we officially closed the books on the Dubai Ports World buying control of U.S. ports, I kept seeing news articles like this pop up. What amazed me most about the situation...
June 5, 2006
John Kotter, FEMA reform and advice to change agents: In writing the change agent paper, I queried the legendary John Kotter of Harvard University on the origin of the term change agent. He could not answer the question of the first time the term...
June 7, 2006
Warren Bennis: An Original (and Originator) for Change Agents: Following Daniel's post, John Kotter, FEMA Reform and Advice to Change Agents, I felt compelled to look further into the work of Warren Bennis. Many articles discuss his ideas on the scoping of leadership...
June 9, 2006
A Bold Vision from the New Head of the GSA: The white paper names six key ways for a Change Agent to achieve success; one of which is the ability to frame a clear and compelling vision. Luritia Doan offers a terrific example of someone with...
June 13, 2006
Lee Iacocca asks, "Where Have All the Leaders Gone?": 81 year old Lee Iacocca, the former CEO and Chairman of Chrysler and best selling author, has announced that he is working on a new book entitled, "Where Have All the Leaders Gone?" The Associated Press...
June 15, 2006
Jack Welch's "Straight From the Gut" - Worth the 5-year Wait: Just back from a week's vacation and only managed to read one book. But it was a very good one - Straight from the Gut by Jack Welch. The former CEO of GE chronicles his legendary career and...
June 16, 2006
Business Week's "Champions of Innovation": This week, a great headline story in Business Week Magazine discussed the unheralded world of some amazing business innovators. More specifically, it discusses how these innovators exist at...
June 19, 2006
Cartwright at USSTRATCOM Defines Change Agent, Part 1: If ever there was someone who defines the term change agent, it would be General James Cartwright, the commanding general of USSTRATCOM. Right away, you can tell he is cut from a different cloth; a Marine...
June 21, 2006
Cartwright at USSTRATCOM Defines Change Agent, Part 2: How He Changed the Organizational Structure - In order to execute these new missions, Cartwright had to quickly and completely reshape his organization. He worked collaboratively with other commanders...
June 23, 2006
NPR - Leadership from the Field: The most difficult leadership challenges are the ones in which other people's lives are at stake. For this reason, the U.S. military knows how to create the best leaders in the world; they have centuries...
June 26, 2006
The Principles of Change: I think one of the interesting things to examine that we haven't covered before is the motivation behind change. In the Federal government there are several fundamental principles behind the nature of most...
June 28, 2006
Change Agent Pod Cast Interview with Louis Andre - Chief of Staff, Defense Intelligence Agency: Last week, we had the unique opportunity to spend an hour with Louis Andre, a change agent and senior executive we were privileged to get to know during the creation of the Change Agent paper in 2005. Louis...
June 30, 2006
Change Agent Pod Cast Interview with Louis Andre - Chief of Staff, Defense Intelligence Agency: Here is the second part to our change agent interview inside the Pentagon with Louis Andre. He begins this interview discussing the challenges of hiring the right talent and finding, what he believes, are the three...