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A California Dream Becomes a Nightmare

We’ve all heard the saying “Be careful about what you wish for; you just might get it.” In the case of the California power…

Blowing the Whistle on the Boss: Coaching, Not Refereeing, Your Employees

More than half of U. S. employees said their boss is a referee instead of a coach, according to a recent survey by Development…

The Dynamics of Good to Great

If you haven’t read Jim Collins’s latest book, Good to Great (HarperBusiness, 2001), you should—the findings could change the way you do business once…

System Dynamics Loop Generator

I recently heard about a piece of software that I could use on my iPad to build causal loop diagrams. As a Mac user,…

Size Does Matter: “Success to the Successful” for American Biotech Firms

Apparently, size does matter these A days—particularly in the American biotech industry. According to Hambrecht and Quist, an investment bank, large biotechnology companies…

From “Teams” to “Teaming”: Organizational Learning for the 21st Century

In Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy (Jossey-Bass, 2012), professor Amy Edmondson of Harvard Business School has crafted…

Toolbox: Partnership Coaching

Effective coaching is one of the highest leverage activities available to leaders today for improving individual and group learning and performance. Developing partnerships with…

“Cooking the Books”: The Downward Drift of Auditing Standards

Despite the booming economy, times are tough for many businesses, especially those in competitive industries. And when times get tough, many executives give in…

Seeing the Unseen

Just a few centuries back, people were well aware of how their actions affected the environment. Since most of the goods they consumed…

Higher Education and the Income Gap

The recent economic boom in the U. S. has had commentators gushing about a new age of prosperity. However, that same boom hasn’t done…