It seems that there is a lot of talk in the business community about changing leadership styles. However, the academic community has produced little research centered on changing leadership styles in the last two decades [see, e.g., 1] and little scholarly exploration in the last three [see, e.g., 2]. Much of the recent literature relative … More Your Leadership Style: Changing or Adapting?

The Wrong Approach to Stronger Performance? State governments spend millions of dollars and countless hours of staff time each year striving for stronger performance. However, evidence suggests that performance has not improved to the same degree as the expended past effort to achieve it [1]! Perhaps these government agencies are tackling the wrong problem! Or, … More DESIGNING GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONAL AGENCIES Organizational Design: Aligning Government for Success

I thought you’d appreciate reading my brief response to a colleague’s feedback to “The Neuroscience of Leader Development”. He stated: “I believe it is the ability of the leader to become aware of his own ‘awareness’”. In short, yes! However, I think it prudent to briefly explore the “why?” that this is true. Philosophically we … More Short Notes on Brain Physics!

I recently read Brigitta Theleman’s (2011) paper, “Closing the Gaps in Leadership Development”. Very interesting! I’d like to springboard from that to a general discussion of the neuroscience of leader development. What I found interesting in Theleman’s paper was, first, the assertion that strong leadership correlates to strong organizational performance, which I interpret as organizational … More The Neuroscience of Leader Development

As you’ll recall I posed on March 8th a question of definition for Organizational Effectiveness (OE).  You’ll recall that I stated that defining OE is considered “elusive” [1, 2], that there is no accepted definition of it [3].  In short, scholars suggest that it can’t be defined. Many of our colleagues entered this discussion.  And, … More Community Discussion: What do we mean by Organizational Effectiveness?

While defining organizational effectiveness is considered “elusive” [1, 2], that there is no accepted definition of it [3], some scholars nevertheless consider an attempt to do so will include the concept that successful organizations achieve their missions through their core strategies.  We can’t define it. Others contend, as admonished by a pioneer in organizational psychology, … More Organizational Effectiveness: A Working Definition