Leading Authentically with Transparency: An interview/podcast with Paul Levy
Here’s a neat podcast interview with Paul Levy, CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, whose leadership approach to the need for dramatic cost-cutting we considered in the post Finding […]
Tyson Foods lacks faith in its own identity.
When organizations are being authentic, they approach their problems by drawing on their identity. An organization that wants to be authentic must regularly find ways to translate its beliefs about […]
Authentic or Not?: A Men’s Organization with a woman member
Recently, I told you about an organizational situation that raises some interesting questions about whether the organization is being authentic. The organization, a Men’s Chorus, has up to 249 male […]
Can an employee be “too authentic”?
“The guy was too authentic to do his job!” The employee in question worked for an organization that created “lifestyle” products for the action sports market. He worked as an […]
You don’t have to ‘live the brand’ to give the brand
“Living the Brand”, an internally-focused branding strategy heralded by marketing gurus , is being touted in the March 2008 issue of the Harvard Business Review. HBR features a case discussion […]