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Leadership vs Management: and the winner is! 16 Mar 2013 | 03:20 am
Everyone wants to be a leader. Current articles praise the leader in all of us while at the same time designating leadership a mystical quality possessed by a few select individuals. Leaders are often...
A Conversation With Millennials 9 Apr 2012 | 05:06 pm
What Is the Difference? There is no doubt that there is a difference between “young people today” compared to their older colleagues. “Young people seem to want everything right now! They don’t see...
ASME Annual Awards Dinner 26 Apr 2011 | 03:06 pm
ASME Dinner Last week I attended the annual awards dinner sponsored by the Santa Clara Valley Section of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers). It was a great event and hats off to ev...
#95 The Air Traffic Controllers Were Not Managed! 19 Apr 2011 | 05:56 pm
Hello everyone, I think that the “air-traffic-controllers-asleep” issue has some interesting lessons for us in the area of management. Here is what I mean. One of the workshops I conduct includes a ...
#94 Why Everyone Wants To Be A Leader 16 Apr 2011 | 05:11 am
Hello everyone, I’m always amazed at how much people love the word “leader”. Everywhere I read (only a slight exaggeration) I find references to this person is a leader, that person is a leader, ever...
#93 Motorcycles Should Make You Nervous 4 Aug 2010 | 04:27 pm
“Just ride” Hello everyone! That’s right! Motorcycles should make you nervous. I have always liked motorcycles although I’ve never owned one. I have ridden motorcycles belonging to my friends; most...
#92 Jethro Tull and the Engineer’s Mind 29 Jul 2010 | 01:43 am
Emotions of Music versus Work Hello everyone! Recently I rented a DVD of Jethro Tull in concert live at Montreux, Switzerland in 2003. For those of you who lived through the rock and roll era of th...
#91 Descent Into Leadership 23 Jul 2010 | 02:05 am
Hello everyone! I know, everyone wants to be a leader. No one wants to be a manager… right? Management has no glory but leaders are the heroes. I’ve heard it all before. Business magazines tout the ...
#90 How Do You Manage? 11 Sep 2009 | 01:21 am
Do you manage for the sprint, or the marathon? Hello everyone! Do you manage for the sprint?…or …. Do you manage for the marathon?… or … Do you manage for the race? What is a sprint? Imagine a S...
#89 Keeping Your Job 2 Sep 2009 | 05:15 pm
The difference that makes the difference Hello everyone! Last week I attended two very interesting and significant events. In the morning I attended the commemoration of NASA Ames Research Center a...
