This section contains articles of general interest, mostly relevant to leadership, teams and organizational development. Some are written by us and our partners, and others are taken from the press or internet. Some of the articles are written in Spanish.

 

	Can leadership be taught?
Article on leadership for the ESCP Europe Business School

	El "yes, you can llega al management (R. Griffiths - D&B - Cinco Días)
Spanish press article. (Empecemos a entender que para encontrar una solución hay que reconocer que somos parte del problema y que podemos cambiarlo).

	Crisis? What crisis?. It’s the magic that matters (R. Griffiths - D&B)
Lessons from Alice in Wonderland, Carl Jung & Harry Potter.

	Reuniones (François Pérez - Infova) Cinco Días Mar09
Reunirse para nada o reunirse para algo. Una reunión tiene que ser ágil, participativa y emocionalmente comprometida.

	Optimismo Inteligente(Gonzalo Martinez de Miguel - Infova) Expansión
El optimista inteligente es capaz de ver lo que hay que cambiar sin dejar de valorar lo que tiene.

Why do so many executives fail so soon after being appointed?

Roderick Brown offers a solution... ..you have anywhere between an eighty to sixty percent chance of being successful. Pre-empting failure is a matter of communicating effectively... ...failure comes about because the new executive and the boss do not see the same priorities.... A relationship that goes sour is not just sad or inconvenient but grossly inefficient and costly. So take your team away, out of the office... Do it every time a team member changes, do it every time you join a team. ...make room for personal association – even with people you wouldn’t necessarily choose to associate with.

Getting away from it all – business holidays for your team....

It was a blissful working environment What Dilbert calls "cubicle paradise" The fact is, in our hearts, we know the office is not always the best place to get things done. Crucially, 9 out of 10 senior managers agree that offsite meetings contribute to business success. There is a market for business holidays away from the modern work environment. Teams need to supplement office facilities with something more intimate and on something of a regular basis too. There are plenty of non-frivolous reasons for getting out to a nice hotel People appear to relish the break from the norm, the letting down of hair and the dissipation of hierarchy. The good offsite is for the team what working from home can be for the individual. So take your team away, out of the office...

	INNOVATION.
The article in the online version of McKinsey Quarterly gives examples, too, of how it can work. "Creation nets overcome a shortage of resources.... Now the game is to connect more rapidly with others in the creation of new knowledge.

	WHY DO GOOD MANAGERS SET BAD STRATEGIES?
Michael Porter has all the answers... "Strategy has to do with what will make you unique"

	TRUTH-TELLING AND INCENTIVES AFTER A MERGER
"For integration to serve its purpose, the firm must establish truthful upward communication." The costs don't stop just because the deal has closed. .

	MANUFACTURING MYOPIA
...Crisis in manufacturing "myopia is even more prevalent and dangerous in manufacturing than it was in marketing four decades ago." Plant managers can't exhibit the fast pace of change we see in marketing, finance, and procurement.

	THE CASE FOR WATCHING WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND YOU
"The case for incorporating an awareness of social and political trends into corporate strategy has become overwhelming."

	BEWARE DISSATISFIED CONSUMERS – THEY LIKE TO BLAB
...31% of shoppers went on to tell friends of their bad experience...

	TRUST IS CHANGING – REPUTATION MATTERS MORE THAN RECIPROCITY
...Reputation is more important than reciprocity Metcalfe's law of reputation: "double the size of the network and you multiply the signal-to-noise ratio by about the square root of two."

	THE VALUE OF BALANCED SCORECARDS – EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
Cranfield's work with 156 branch offices of a building supplies company over six years... some poor performing branches increased profitability once they adopted balanced scorecards.

	AROUND THE WORLD, CEOS HAVE TROUBLE HOLDING DOWN A JOB
Around the world chief executive officers are losing their jobs with notable frequency.

	THERE'S A LOT OF IT GOING AROUND, BUT WHAT'S IT WORTH?
"Half the money I spend is wasted, the problem is I don't know which half" Could this apply to innovation? Less than a quarter of respondents said their companies link innovation to incentives...

	VALUE YOUR (NEW) PEOPLE
Get the team to work or reap costly mistakes and lose essential skills...