Imagine that you’re sharing a house with a friend or partner. You’re both good people, but sharing a living space can be tricky. You don’t know each other’s habits and preferences, and it’s easy get in each other’s way. One Read More

by Andrew Bass  |  Blog, Leadership, Self-created Problems

Chief Executives are usually – understandably and appropriately – concerned with the legacy they leave when they retire. They want the storyboard, the narrative arc of their tenure, to have a beginning and a middle working up to a strong ending, which sees them leaving Read More

by Andrew Bass  |  Blog, From Strategy to Action, Leadership

There’s big difference between stated priorities and actual priorities. If you want to know what the stated priorities are, look at what people say in their PowerPoint presentations. But if you want to know if it’s a real priority, you Read More

by Andrew Bass  |  Blog, Culture, Leadership

In his classic book On the Psychology of Military Incompetence (recommended reading for anyone interested in high-stakes organizational cock-ups and leadership hubris) Norman Dixon discusses the difficulties of recruiting talented people to military careers in peace-time: “Needless to say, a perceived decline Read More

The most compelling reason for improving delegation in organizations is not to free up top management from overload, nor is it to allow employees to express their full potential (as crucial and real as these benefits both are). The most Read More