How Leaders Still Fail the Racism Sexism Test
Jann Wenner, founder of Rolling Stones and his publisher, Hachette Book Group, recently chose racism and sexism. Here’s what to learn from it.
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How to Fix Leadership Mistakes – Learning from CNN’s Example
Even the best screw up. So how do you make it right? Warner Bros. Discovery and CNN demonstrate how to fix leadership mistakes.
Your First 90 Days: How to Start Your New Leadership Role Right.
Your first 90 days in a new leadership role are critical for success. Linda Yaccarino did it wrong at Twitter. So, how do you do it right?
Twitter (X) Has a People Leadership Problem, Not a Branding Problem.
Elon Musk, Linda Yaccarino, and the former Twitter company have a leadership problem – not a branding problem.
Unethical Leaders Capture Profits from Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Heineken CEO Dolf van den Brink, Unilever CEOs Hein Schumacher (June) and Alan Jope (prior), Philip Morris CEO Jacek Olczak, Mondelez CEO Dirk Van de Put, and Nestle CEO Ulf Mark Schneider have all demonstrated a lack of ethical behavior. Each of their organizations promised to exit business in Russia when war began. These leaders …
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Does Starbucks New CEO Signal a Culture Change?
Starbucks announced yesterday that Laxman Narasimhan will replace CEO Howard Schultz as the company’s new CEO. Named interim CEO, Schultz has been CEO and Board chairman off and on at the company for over 35 years and is chief architect of their culture. As successor to Schultz, Narasimhan has big shoes to fill and begs …
Market Basket and the Price of Vengeance
Arthur T. DeMoulas is a servant leader. We know this by the thousands of employees, customers and other stakeholders protesting his dismissal from the role of company president at Market Basket. However, according to most accounts, cousin Arthur S. DeMoulas and his side of the family seek vengeance against Arthur T. DeMoulas, for the perceived …
Servant Leadership Observer – Spring 2012
Welcome to the Spring 2012 edition of the Servant Leadership Observer – your most comprehensive source of servant leadership news, events and blog posts. The obvious themes this quarter include military posts throughout (especially U.S. Air Force), award recipients in the news and another proliferation of interest from Africa . Want to receive monthly servant leadership …
Servant Leadership Observer – October 2011
Welcome to the October edition of the Servant Leadership Observer. This month brought several news events, including a release by the C12 group highlighting the benefits of servant leadership in business. The Greenleaf Center has announced their first of three virtual certificate courses will begin in January. In addition, there is an interesting blog post …
Servant Leadership Observer – September 2011
After a hiatus of monthly news updates, we resume the Servant Leadership Observer with September, 2011 news. I’ll post the October edition soon. In the meantime, the September edition captured a lot of news from Academia and some great blog posts. Want to receive monthly servant leadership updates and regular posts from ModernServantLeader.com? Sign up …