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Friday, May 8, 2009

Reset, Italian Style - Essential and Expendable

First, a note about an opportunity for a New York City-based non-profit: We have just moved the main office of our firm, Cambridge Leadership Associates (CLA), from Cambridge to New York City. As part of our commitment to the community and as a recognition of the challenging times facing nonprofit organizations right now, we are offering ADAPT New York, a year long pro-bono consulting engagement to a selected NYC area nonprofit organization.

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Posted by Marty Linsky on 1:13 PM | 3 Comments
Tags: courage, leadership, reset, investment, adaptive leadership, non-profit, uncertainty, risk, crisis

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Immelt’s GE: Reset’s Poster Child Jeffrey

Jeffrey Immelt, the CEO of General Electric, is fast becoming the poster child for Reset in the US corporate community.

My friend Jon Hoch from Connecticut was the first to point this out to me. He sees Immelt's GE (and Ford Motor Company as well) as looking at the current turmoil and uncertainty as an opportunity for adaptation and Reset, rather than hunkering down and waiting out the storm.

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Posted by Marty Linsky on 2:20 PM | 2 Comments
Tags: courage, reset, uncertainty, risk

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Crime and Punishment

Watching Madoff being taken away in handcuffs last week, I was thinking about crime and punishment, and whether those who recklessly led us into the current financial mess ought to share more of the pain, whether or not they committed a crime.

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Posted by Marty Linsky on 11:48 AM | 2 Comments
Tags: courage, leadership, reset, risk, crime

Sunday, February 15, 2009

What If this is as good as it gets?

"What if this is as good as it gets?" That's the line Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson) delivers in the movie "As Good as It Gets" as he scans the depressed faces waiting for their 50-minute hours in the psychiatrist's anteroom.

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Posted by Marty Linsky on 12:59 PM | 2 Comments
Tags: reset, emotion, passion

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