FROM GREG’S DESK
Because your real job is change.
Innovation, change, Musk and me
As with so much of leadership, it’s a question of balance. No different with Elon Musk—tenacity and optimism balanced against feedback and ‘facts on the ground’ or creative abrasion as distinct from noisy, unproductive conflict. This article presents Elon Musk as Fortune’s business person of 2020 and quotes me on both of these topics.
Lessons for Hard Times: Personal and Professional
PODCAST: We never know what we’re training for. For me, it was cancer. We discuss my year of cancer treatment (2017) and its relevance to leadership topics such as change, surviving hard times, resilience, and mentoring.
Organizational Change, Innovation, and Growth
This brief podcast from the California Management Review summarizes work that I’ve done with my Wharton colleague George Day (marketing) and the connection of my change model and his research on innovation and growth.
Images as Fuel for Change
This is the third of three takes that I’ve offered on diversity.
Resetting Language: Part 2
In this longish newsletter, I resume my attempt to affect how we all, and especially leaders, approach talking about our most acute group identities, particularly race, and how to improve our approach.
Setting the Context: Part 1
Tension mounts all around us. Groups clash. Connections fray. Our enemies exploit our divisions. Again. How might any of us, particularly leaders, approach these troubled times?
ABOUT THE BLOG
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When leaders and their organizations face challenges, there's a lot at stake… The “hard stuff” is often the “soft stuff”— like building and maintaining strong working relationships among leaders and their people. Challenging times place special demands on organizations and everyone in them. Through this blog, I will share insights and lessons from my research and field experience on the perspective, skills, and support you need to handle those demands.