I’m reading a book called Resonant Leadership* in which the authors describe a destructive illness called CEO Disease, but it is not only CEOs who suffer from it; a leader at any level in the organization can come down with it. The disease is defined as the withholding of important information from a leader, usually because it is not [...]
Hiring with the team in mind
In my post, An Unlikely Hero, I said that performance trumped personality when considering people for promotion (and hiring). However, when I interview people for jobs, I have a criteria that ranks even higher than proven performance, and that is how well the person fits with the team’s values. Values are important because the CCCC team developed them [...]
An unlikely hero: Personality profiles and leaders
We’re almost at November 11th, Remembrance Day in Canada and Armistice Day in the United States. With both our military forces in active combat, I thought I would resurrect this piece that I first published in 2003. It is still relevant. ————————————————- This is General Julian Byng. He looks every bit the general. Steely eyes, [...]
Rev. John Pellowe, MBA, DMin
