Thoughts on people, teams, organizations, communities, effectiveness and success
We’ve all been there. You too.
The rumors and gossip are swirling.
The job or organization fit that your colleague/ coworker / friend hoped would work out looks like it won’t.
And now people treat them as they’re leaving under their own power as if they’re radioactive and there’s a do not disturb sign on their forehead.
Do you approach them and offer a hand, a hug or help or do you keep your distance?… Read the rest
There are boats to rock, and boat rockers needed to rock them. Are you one of them?
Avoiding questioning existing conditions in a dynamic, changing world is a recipe for mediocrity if not disaster, but who has the moxy to ask the obvious?
Pay, fame or thanks, if any, varies, and while you’ll be respected by some, others will scorn you for disturbing their status quo.… Read the rest
I recently individually interviewed 10 biotech CEOs and 10 biotech venture capitalists as part of the data collection portion of an executive coaching engagement. It wasn’t the subject of the interview – which was to collect feedback data regarding my coaching client – but everyone to a person brought up the subject of venture capital and biotech.
Everyone talked about the model of investment and development that’s been in existence since Genentech (1976) and Amgen (1980) were founded.… Read the rest