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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 4:13 PM | 3 Comments
Tags: courage, adaptive leadership, non-profit, reset, leadership, investment, uncertainty, risk, crisis

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Leadership: Self-righteousness and Self-doubt

I was surprised by how focused I was last week on Arlen Specter's decision to bolt the Republican Party and join the Democrats. Why should anyone care? Part of my response was simply personal. I still cling to my identity as a liberal Republican, a choice I made fifty years ago. Specter is "nice Jewish boy" like me, who has used the Republican Party and been used and abused by it for most of his adult life. His abrupt departure makes the already thin ranks of socially-liberal, fiscally conservative Republicans even smaller. I feel lonely.

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Posted by Marty Linsky on 4:25 PM | 8 Comments
Tags: risk, election, congress, republican

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 5:20 PM | 2 Comments
Tags: courage, reset, uncertainty, risk

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Reset Lives…and Relives

A short post today before going off to Italy for 11 days of work and relaxation. Meeting there with several Italian companies and senior officials, through the good offices of our friends, clients and partners at Watson Wyatt. I am anxious to see if the Italian private sector is looking at the current reality differently than the US firms we have been doing business with in the past six months.

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Posted by Marty Linsky on 4:52 PM | 4 Comments
Tags: 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 2:48 PM | 2 Comments
Tags: courage, reset, leadership, risk, crime

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