Comments for Managing Leadership http://managingleadership.com/blog The strategic role of the senior executive Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:20:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 Comment on Muted leadership by Leading On The Road To Hell http://managingleadership.com/blog/2008/11/17/muted-leadership/#comment-8045 Leading On The Road To Hell Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:01:55 +0000 http://managingleadership.com/blog/?p=1227#comment-8045 [...] the way, I’m not the only one; Jim Stroup noticed the silence, too, only from a different [...] [...] the way, I’m not the only one; Jim Stroup noticed the silence, too, only from a different [...]

]]> Comment on What is Individual Leadership? by Levy http://managingleadership.com/blog/2004/07/08/what-is-individual-leadership/#comment-8039 Levy Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:17:35 +0000 http://managingleadership.com/blog/2004/07/08/what-is-individual-leadership/#comment-8039 Thanks and I wish you well. Thanks and I wish you well.

]]> Comment on Muted leadership by Jim Stroup http://managingleadership.com/blog/2008/11/17/muted-leadership/#comment-8034 Jim Stroup Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:56:00 +0000 http://managingleadership.com/blog/?p=1227#comment-8034 I agree with Miki, Wally - a great comment, and a terrific insight about the basic irrelevance of modern leadership theory. Thanks for stopping by with that! I agree with Miki, Wally - a great comment, and a terrific insight about the basic irrelevance of modern leadership theory.

Thanks for stopping by with that!

]]> Comment on Muted leadership by Miki http://managingleadership.com/blog/2008/11/17/muted-leadership/#comment-8032 Miki Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:48:26 +0000 http://managingleadership.com/blog/?p=1227#comment-8032 Hey Wally. Thanks for the lead-in for my Saturday post. Great thought, great comment! Hey Wally. Thanks for the lead-in for my Saturday post. Great thought, great comment!

]]> Comment on Muted leadership by Wally Bock http://managingleadership.com/blog/2008/11/17/muted-leadership/#comment-8031 Wally Bock Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:51:38 +0000 http://managingleadership.com/blog/?p=1227#comment-8031 I think part of the issue, Jim, is that people prefer magical thinking to accountability. There's a joke about a professor who says that a certain idea is "fine in practice but may not work in theory." We didn't have a problem identifying who was the leader before we had leadership theory. Nobody worried about whether that Caesar fellow was an true or real or authentic leader. They just followed him. I think part of the issue, Jim, is that people prefer magical thinking to accountability. There’s a joke about a professor who says that a certain idea is “fine in practice but may not work in theory.”

We didn’t have a problem identifying who was the leader before we had leadership theory. Nobody worried about whether that Caesar fellow was an true or real or authentic leader. They just followed him.

]]> Comment on Fatal and futile fads by Beth Robinson http://managingleadership.com/blog/2008/11/18/fatal-and-futile-fads/#comment-8030 Beth Robinson Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:45:50 +0000 http://managingleadership.com/blog/?p=1237#comment-8030 That phrase "kaleidoscoping perspectives" is fantastic. It captures the concept so vividly. That phrase “kaleidoscoping perspectives” is fantastic. It captures the concept so vividly.

]]> Comment on Muted leadership by Why some good ideas still become management fads | Managing Leadership http://managingleadership.com/blog/2008/11/17/muted-leadership/#comment-8029 Why some good ideas still become management fads | Managing Leadership Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:41:37 +0000 http://managingleadership.com/blog/?p=1227#comment-8029 [...] then we just have another form of excess and expensive management, with no one to trim them back. As we have seen with the government handling of the current crisis, not even the naturally restorative forces of [...] [...] then we just have another form of excess and expensive management, with no one to trim them back. As we have seen with the government handling of the current crisis, not even the naturally restorative forces of [...]

]]> Comment on Mr. Market by Why some good ideas still become management fads | Managing Leadership http://managingleadership.com/blog/2008/11/12/mr-market/#comment-8028 Why some good ideas still become management fads | Managing Leadership Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:41:02 +0000 http://managingleadership.com/blog/?p=1203#comment-8028 [...] we discussed the question of management fads, their causes and effects (academics, consultants, management). Author and consultant Ravi Tangri pointed out in a comment that some of the management ideas [...] [...] we discussed the question of management fads, their causes and effects (academics, consultants, management). Author and consultant Ravi Tangri pointed out in a comment that some of the management ideas [...]

]]> Comment on Getting what you pay for by Why some good ideas still become management fads | Managing Leadership http://managingleadership.com/blog/2008/11/06/getting-what-you-pay-for/#comment-8027 Why some good ideas still become management fads | Managing Leadership Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:40:37 +0000 http://managingleadership.com/blog/?p=1164#comment-8027 [...] weeks ago, we discussed the question of management fads, their causes and effects (academics, consultants, management). Author and consultant Ravi Tangri pointed out in a comment that some of the [...] [...] weeks ago, we discussed the question of management fads, their causes and effects (academics, consultants, management). Author and consultant Ravi Tangri pointed out in a comment that some of the [...]

]]> Comment on Make believe world by Why some good ideas still become management fads | Managing Leadership http://managingleadership.com/blog/2008/11/05/make-believe-world/#comment-8026 Why some good ideas still become management fads | Managing Leadership Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:40:19 +0000 http://managingleadership.com/blog/?p=1155#comment-8026 [...] weeks ago, we discussed the question of management fads, their causes and effects (academics, consultants, management). Author and consultant Ravi Tangri pointed out in a comment that some of [...] [...] weeks ago, we discussed the question of management fads, their causes and effects (academics, consultants, management). Author and consultant Ravi Tangri pointed out in a comment that some of [...]

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