http://managingleadership.com/blog/2007/05/08/you-too-can-make-it-all-the-way-to-the-top/ The strategic role of the senior executive Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:39:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://managingleadership.com/blog/2007/05/08/you-too-can-make-it-all-the-way-to-the-top/#comment-3829 Magical thinking about management development | Managing Leadership Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:44:51 +0000 http://managingleadership.com/blog/2007/05/08/you-too-can-make-it-all-the-way-to-the-top/#comment-3829 [...] Last year, for example, we noted here an item about some senior managers who had been sent, as part of their annual training, on organized outings with volunteer groups. Some were positively thunderstruck at the teamwork skills they developed while self-organizing the unloading of roofing tiles from a pickup truck. Another praised the experience as an opportunity for senior management to “organize something and work with people.” [...] [...] Last year, for example, we noted here an item about some senior managers who had been sent, as part of their annual training, on organized outings with volunteer groups. Some were positively thunderstruck at the teamwork skills they developed while self-organizing the unloading of roofing tiles from a pickup truck. Another praised the experience as an opportunity for senior management to “organize something and work with people.” [...]

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