November 2010

[Leadership] Influencers: How Trends and Creativity Become Contagious

Courtesy of Mark Brenwall via R+1 Creative a great short video clip on the leadership of influencers in our world: INFLUENCERS FULL VERSION from R+I creative on Vimeo. Life Back West is an occasional set of writings focused on ways people, teams and organizations can be both more effective (doing the right thing) and more [...]

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(More) Risky Business: How to Leap Tall Buildings

Sometimes the greatest risk you can take is to take no risk at all. Or as James Dean phrased it, “Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.” Three events this week brought that thought squarely home. A colleague who was nudged out of his role with a firm asked for [...]

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The 365-Days-a-Year Thanksgiving

There are things you’re thankful for having or experiencing, and there are things you’re thankful for avoiding. This post is about both. We live in a society that tends to take the high-water mark for expectations moving forward. If you batted .400 playing baseball, you expect to bat .400 or better moving forward. Date the [...]

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Other Shoe Drops: Roche To Lay Off Up to 840 at Genentech

Parent company Roche announced this week that it is eliminating up to 840 positions at Genentech, the South San Francisco company it fully owns (after previously being a majority owner). Genentech completed its acquisition of Genentech in March 2009. Executives associated with Roche had communicated at the time of the acquisition that Genentech would maintain [...]

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The Curious Case of Google’s 10% All Employee’s Pay Increase

I am paid to coach execs to be more successful, and for putting the “team” in leadership and start-up groups. I’m good at it, and my clients generally get great results. It’s work that involves being a student of organizations – something that I’ve done for over 30 years. (To crib a line from someplace, [...]

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