Thursday, May 28, 2009

G3 is blogging!

I added a link to a new blog on my blogroll over to the right: Guyathri is online!

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Article: 3 words for every leader to know

September 11th 2008 - It's not great art unles...
I read much from the Harvard Business Review.  Not because they are the be-all and end-all in regards to business leadership, but I do find them notable and even exceptional at times.  They have a proven history of calling leaders to lives of integrity and in many regards ping true in regards to recognizing even noble motivations that should be at play within the mind and hearts of leaders.  Here is a case in point:

There are three little words that extraordinary leaders know how to say, and I'm not thinking of "I love you" (but those are pretty good). The magic words are "I was wrong." Husbands and wives know that saying those words to each other can be even more endearing than endearments. When leaders say them to their teams in a timely fashion, they build confidence and can move on to a better path.
The simple sentence "I was wrong" is the hardest for leaders to utter and the most necessary for them to learn.

Read more here.

Monday, May 25, 2009

Numbers 10:29

Now Moses said to Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well; for the LORD has promised good things to Israel.”