by Mark C. Crowley | Apr 23, 2012 | Wisdom From Other Authors
“For it is in giving that we receive.” St. Francis of Assisi Since my book was published last fall, a lot of people have done some incredibly kind and thoughtful things to help me. What’s intriguing about this support is...
by Mark C. Crowley | Mar 26, 2012 | Current Affairs, Heart Leadership In Practice, Leadership
The average Goldman Sachs employee earns in excess of $350,000 per year, and we’re assured Greg Smith, who most visibly quit his job there last week, was paid substantially more. And, in leaving his long-time employer, Smith didn’t abandon just a fat salary. To...
by Mark C. Crowley | Mar 21, 2012 | Current Affairs, Heart Leadership In Practice, Leadership
There is something in the pang of change. More than the heart can bear, Unhappiness remembering happiness. Euripides Just one day after Goldman Sachs’ employee, Greg Smith, quit his job last week, more than three million people had read his über-public resignation...
by Mark C. Crowley | Mar 12, 2012 | Current Affairs, Heart Leadership In Practice, Leadership
A recent CNN Money article titled, “A digital pat on the back from the boss: What’s it worth? “ is a great reminder that organizations across America continue to lead from their heads without fully consulting their hearts. Let’s start with the problem business is...
by Mark C. Crowley | Mar 5, 2012 | Heart Leadership In Practice, Leadership, Life Lessons
Whenever I’m speaking to a large business group, I ask everyone to play a made-up game we call, “We Know That Boss!” In my most exaggerated game-show announcer voice, (think Family Feud) I call out a few characteristics of a particularly onerous manager, and then quiz...
