Comments on: Now *that* is leadership https://blog.learnlets.com/2009/06/now-that-is-leadership/ Clark Quinn's learnings about learning Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:03:06 +0000 hourly 1 By: Clark https://blog.learnlets.com/2009/06/now-that-is-leadership/#comment-75449 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:03:06 +0000 http://blog.learnlets.com/?p=1037#comment-75449 Virginia, absolutely, it’s just that walking around doesn’t scale well, whereas the reach of a blog is almost unlimited. Thanks for the feedback.

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By: Virginia Yonkers https://blog.learnlets.com/2009/06/now-that-is-leadership/#comment-75446 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:20:16 +0000 http://blog.learnlets.com/?p=1037#comment-75446 My father was the President of a small speciality steel company. I have no doubt that were he alive, he would be bloggingabout the company. However, he was also one just to take a stroll through the plant, chatting with workers, getting an idea of what was going on out on the floor.

I hope that CEO’s don’t take blogging as an opportunity to stop the face to face contact but rather use it as just one more tool.. I know my own students would prefer to blog as then they wouldn’t have to see the reaction when they say something someone doesn’t like.

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By: Clark https://blog.learnlets.com/2009/06/now-that-is-leadership/#comment-75440 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:50:35 +0000 http://blog.learnlets.com/?p=1037#comment-75440 Dave, great example, yes it’s the message and getting it out there.
Amit, yes, tech can be used for bad or good (powerpoint doesn’t kill people…:)
Will, it’s the easy affordance that’s unique, in my mind. Yes, as Dave said you could produce videos, (or postcards, discussion forums as you suggest) but blogging is low overhead to produce, easy to distribute, easy to respond. And control comments, which may or may not be a good idea, I can see situations that would argue for either. It’s also a thoughtful medium.

Thanks for the thought/feedback!

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By: Will Thalheimer https://blog.learnlets.com/2009/06/now-that-is-leadership/#comment-75438 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:14:11 +0000 http://blog.learnlets.com/?p=1037#comment-75438 Why is this a technology solution?

Couldn’t the CEO have just sent emails? Or postcards? Or mimeographed sheets?

–Will

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By: Amit https://blog.learnlets.com/2009/06/now-that-is-leadership/#comment-75437 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:21:46 +0000 http://blog.learnlets.com/?p=1037#comment-75437 Clark, this is a great example of how technology can ASSIST you. You’ve still got to use the brains.
Sharing problems being faced and how the management is trying to solve them is the best way to keep your people on your side – in thoughts and actions.

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By: Dave Ferguson https://blog.learnlets.com/2009/06/now-that-is-leadership/#comment-75435 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:12:06 +0000 http://blog.learnlets.com/?p=1037#comment-75435 During my time with a small component of GE, we had 3 or 4 CEOs. The last, Harvey Seegars, was by far the best communicating goals, making strategy clear (via webcasts, in-person meetings that were simulcast, etc.). He strived to help employees understand the link between their job, their tasks, and the organization’s overall success.

We had a lot of long-time folks who were shocked when he decided to no longer manage our own vast IT network (we invented timesharing) but rather outsource it.

it wasn’t all airy vision stuff; he also explained the metrics by which Big GE assessed its components.

All of this could have fit into the kind of scenario you envision. The point to me is having a big picture to convey, and then finding ways to convey it (and keep it updated). I think a game / immersive experience could go beyond the usual, brochure-type video.

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