People Skills 101: Anger Management
(I wrote this article a few years ago, and I am amazed at how much it applies to current events–jl) When we talk about management fundamentals, this can refer to […]
Articles by Justin Locke
Healing vs. Achievement
While giving a recent acceptance speech at a BAFTA award ceremony, actress Kate Winslet shared an inspiring message: Don’t listen to the people who hurt you, shame you, and belittle you. […]
Time to Measure The Efficiency of Emotional Energy
Can we develop processes that will lead to more efficient use of emotional energy? One of the goals of a successful enterprise is to achieve greater “efficiency.” As any aficionado […]
The Dark Side of Improvement-ology
In the rush to offer “content,” social media has become a veritable tsunami of advice on how to improve just about everything, be that a process or yourself. These books, […]
Finding Top Talent Without College Degrees
The next time you post a job opening, you might want to think twice before automatically including a requirement for a college degree. You may think that this is a […]
Diagnosing Emotional Un-Intelligence
The New York Times and Forbes Magazine recently published articles about “Emotional Intelligence” and its applications in the world of work. Social scientists disagree about the exact nature and validity […]
Leading a Horse To Water: Too Much Training Within Industry
For those of you who are not familiar with TWI, a.k.a. Training Within Industry, well, have you ever seen those WWII era posters lionizing Rosie the Riveter? The collective ability […]
Koping With The Kool-Aid
Presumably you know what “Drinking the Kool Aid” means, but if not, let’s just say it refers to people who blindly and unquestioningly accept a given dogma or belief. For […]
In Management, Stupidity Is An Advantage
We live in a world laced with smartism, i.e., a universal presumption that being smart is better than being stupid. But in the modern work world, at least in management, […]
In Management, Nothing Is Fabulous
Peter Drucker, and many others, have often used symphony orchestra conductors as a metaphor for the role of a CEO/leader in the corporate world. That said, in all the many […]
There Are No “Almost Great” Leaders
Once upon a time, I had the extraordinary privilege of playing for some of the greatest conductors in history. But before you tsk-tsk me for self-aggrandizement, let me also say […]
Does Management Advice Actually Work?
So I was getting a root canal last week and I asked the doctor if they were going to use a checklist. “After all,” I said, “as everyone knows, Atul […]
The Limits Of Lists For Leaders
If you read any books or articles about improving management and leadership, you may have noticed that many of them feature a list of actions for you to take in […]
The Industrial Revolution, Renaissance 2.0 … And You
For many years I paid my rent by producing fund-raising videos for hospitals. I had several clients who kept using the phrase “patient-centered care.” For example, they would say, “Our […]
The Invisible Mastery Of Leadership
When I was a teenage bass player, to be honest, I wasn’t very good. I mean, I could play a handful of pieces reasonably well, but that was only because […]
The Craft VS. The Art Of Leadership
I think it’s fair to say that I am an expert, or at least, very exper-ienced, in the realm of arts education. Since leadership is an art form of sorts, […]
Are You Numbing Your Workforce?
There is a classic TedTalk featuring Brené Brown, in which she points out that “we cannot selectively numb emotion.” In other words, if you are numbing yourself emotionally to something that bothers […]
The War On Authenticity
(Editor’s note: The following article discusses the recent #TChat event: “Authenticity Is An Inside Job That Starts With Self” – Click here to view the recap of this event. Did […]
Power: The Dark Side of Leadership
I have a little confession to make. I find power to be delicious. For most of my life I have worked as a kind of modern-day impresario. I produced events […]
What Truly Motivates People? Is It Money, Or Something Else?
Dan Pink’s book “Drive: the Surprising Truth about What Motivates us” has thrown a major monkey wrench into how we think about motivation. For years it was assumed– and it certainly […]
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