By Shawn Hunter
“I can’t recall a period of time that was as volatile, complex, ambiguous and tumultuous. As one successful executive put it, ‘If you’re not confused, you don’t know what’s going on’.”
– Warren Bennis
In 1961, Edward Lorenz was a junior professor at MIT working on meteorology.Read more
They were unbeatable, invincible. The supergroup, the dream team.
There must be thousands of ten year old boys in New England that play soccer. About forty of the best players from the very best teams were hand-picked to be evaluated by the best coaches.Read more
It’s human nature to stick with what you’re good
at, but is that the best approach for organizational leadership? Bringing with
him decades of experience consulting senior management and with an arsenal of
data captured from his leadership assessment program, Robert Kaplan warns
leaders of the dangers of overplaying their strengths turning them into weaknesses.Read more
By Shawn Hunter, Vice President and Executive Producer, Skillsoft
Trying is the first
step toward failure
– Homer Simpson
Lake Wobegon, where
all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children
are above average.Read more
Next time you’re standing at the gate waiting to get on a flight and the crew shows up, watch how they interact with each other. It will tell you a lot about how effective as a team they are going to be up in the sky shortly.Read more
We are
excited to celebrate the first anniversary of our Conversations
in Leadership series! The popular program, which follows a web-based
conversation format moderated by Skillsoft’s leadership expert Shawn Hunter,
regularly features prominent business experts’ insights on leadership
development.Read more
By
Shawn Hunter
Wayne Rooney is widely regarded as an astonishing soccer player—one of the greatest
playing the game today. But his behavior is also mercurial, brooding, and even
thuggish at times. He was recently banned for a game for intentionally kicking
Montenegro’s Miodrag Dzudovic.Read more
Finding people who will bring a fresh perspective and yet work well within a team is a challenge. For a team to be successful, each member must bring a combination of skill, belief in the team’s mission, and the ability to collaborate.Read more