by Mark C. Crowley | Sep 16, 2012 | Heart Leadership In Practice, Leadership, Life Lessons, Wisdom From Other Authors
“There is no wisdom like frankness.” Benjamin Disraeli As an English literature major in college, my professors routinely asked me to write several-pages-long analyses of books they earlier had assigned me to read. The goal of these...
by Mark C. Crowley | Sep 9, 2012 | Heart Leadership In Practice, Leadership, Wisdom From Other Authors
“Some people say, ‘Come on, markets are not about morals, they’re about profits.” I say that is old thinking. That’s a false choice. The great companies will be the ones that find a way to have and hold on to their values while chasing profits, and brand value will...
by Mark C. Crowley | Sep 3, 2012 | Heart Leadership In Practice, Leadership, Wisdom From Other Authors
“When you have a wit of your own, it’s a pleasure to credit other people for theirs.” Criss Jami Very recently, I learned that content from my book had been plagiarized. In a blog ironically titled,...
by Mark C. Crowley | Jul 29, 2012 | Current Affairs, Heart Leadership In Practice, Leadership, Life Lessons, Wisdom From Other Authors
Stephen Covey made me really mad twenty years ago and it’s only recently that I’ve come to realize that he was right, I was wrong, and I owe him an apology. Covey, of course, passed away a few days ago, and so I clearly missed the opportunity to express my mea culpas...
by Mark C. Crowley | Jul 22, 2012 | Current Affairs, Heart Leadership In Practice, Leadership
If I asked you to conjure up an image of an Army (or Navy, Marine Corp, etc.) Drill Sergeant, I’m almost certain what you conceived would match up pretty closely to the photograph on the right. For generations, Drill Sergeants have been characterized by the intensity...
