It was the spring of 1984. I remember the day as if it were yesterday. It was a beautiful morning on Boston’s North Shore and I could smell the sea air as I drove to my job as the Director of Marketing for The Parker Brothers Toy and Game Company. When I arrived, I was…
Month: March 2013
Determining Competitive Advantage With Sun Tzu’s Seven Considerations
Sun Tzu emphasized the importance of calculations (算) for winning wars. To him, success is straightforward. The more one calculates, the better chance one will win. The calculations are based on seven areas: (1) Which of the two sovereigns is imbued with the Moral law? (2) Which of the two generals has most ability? (3)…
If You Don’t Have A Person You Cannot Stand in Your Team, Your Team May Not Stand For Long
Time and time again, research has proven that the more heterogeneous a top management team is, the more effective it would be in providing strategic leadership. The heterogeneity in top management teams promotes debate, which often leads to better strategic decisions. In turn, better strategic decisions produce higher firm performance. For example, heterogeneous top management teams…
The Organization Resilience Survey Based On Adversity Quotient
In an earlier post on Organizational Resilience and Adversity Quotient, i mentioned the Organizational Resilience Survey which i had developed. It contains twelve statements according to the C.O.R.E. model. There are three statements that measure each of the Control, Ownership, Reach and Endurance dimensions. The statements and the respective dimensions are listed below: Control 1. …
8 Mistakes You Should Never Make On LinkedIn – Forbes
8 Mistakes You Should Never Make On LinkedIn – Forbes. By Libby Kane What do you do with your LinkedIn profile? Do you check it only every once in a while when a connection request comes through? Have you linked it to your Twitter account? Did you never quite remember to sign up in the first…
The Test of Sun Tzu’s Art of War On Concubines
The following is a short biography of Sun Tzu written by Sima Qian, one of the famous historians of China. While it’s authenticity has been debated, it serves as a great story on leadership. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Sun Tzu Wu was a native of the Ch`i State. His ART OF WAR brought him to the notice of He Lu,…
Sun Tzu’s Five Characteristics of Leaders
Many have written about Sun Tzu’s Art of War for business strategies and some even go beyond to apply these strategies to parenting, education and others. The Art of War was originally written more than two thousand five hundred years ago for the purpose of winning wars. While i am not sure if the concepts…
Everyone A Leader 