by Mark C. Crowley | Nov 9, 2011 | Heart Leadership In Practice, Leadership, Life Lessons, Wisdom From Other Authors
During the eulogy he gave for his father, Senator Ted Kennedy, Teddy Kennedy, Jr. recalled a day shortly after losing a leg to cancer when his dad invited him to go sledding on their steep, snow-covered driveway. Following his first reluctant ride down the...
by Mark C. Crowley | Nov 2, 2011 | Current Affairs, Heart Leadership In Practice, Leadership, Wisdom From Other Authors
“Keep the heart out of leadership” is one of the most enduring axioms in business. Without a challenge or a doubt, most of us have accepted on face value the belief that it’s best not to connect personally with people who work for us, to demonstrate care for them in...
by Mark C. Crowley | Oct 12, 2011 | Heart Leadership In Practice, Leadership, Life Lessons
I’d like for you to think back on all the bosses you’ve had in your life and identify which one of them was the best ever. Once you have that person in mind, take a look at these two lists of attributes and see if one isn’t more descriptive: Leader A Inspiring...
by Mark C. Crowley | Sep 21, 2011 | Heart Leadership In Practice, Leadership, Life Lessons, Wisdom From Other Authors
For over forty years, Sir Michael Marmot, professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College in London, has been monitoring the health of 28,000 workers – people who all work at “Whitehall,” the citadel of Great Britain’s civil service. Seeking to...
by Mark C. Crowley | Sep 7, 2011 | Heart Leadership In Practice, Leadership, Life Lessons
I have a twin brother and, as ten-year-old kids, we made a firm agreement: whoever made it into the TV room first got to pick which shows we watched. More often than not, we enjoyed a lot of the same programs – Superman, the Three Stooges and Bugs Bunny cartoons. But...
