by Minter Dial | Jan 27, 2014 | Leadership, Politics
The latest scandal in France with President Hollande, regarding his First Lady-cum-Second-Girlfriend-cum-Three’s a Party, has brought to the forefront the divide between personal and professional life. In France, the refrain is frequent: what’s personal is...
by Minter Dial | Jan 14, 2014 | Leadership
When you close your eyes and imagine the sound of a barking dog, what does it conjure up for you? Context rules Is the image in your mind of a cute and cuddly dog you owned or own? Is it the neighbor’s annoying miniature schnauzer? Was it a snarly...
by Minter Dial | Dec 12, 2013 | Leadership
In this chaotic world, we are besieged by information and multi-channel communications. Every day there is a new digital device, platform or social network being created. And, there could be a crisis lurking behind any corporate communication, commercial launch,...
by Minter Dial | Nov 25, 2013 | Leadership
It’s a tough world out there capturing new clients. Managers around the world will talk about business in warlike terms: killing the competition, grabbing market share, digging up reserves… It is no surprise that, after years of...
by Minter Dial | Nov 20, 2013 | Leadership
If Internet has opened up many new opportunities and opened the way for Zuck-style leadership and Googlesque game rooms (see right), the competitive pressures for many senior management teams in “traditional business” seem to encourage a pavlovian return...
by Minter Dial | Oct 29, 2013 | Leadership, Responsibility
Before evaluating the new shiny object of big data and social CRM, it seems that many top executives would do better just to manage their own inbox and contact list properly. It is my observation that many executives have a very difficult time managing their email...
