Posts Tagged ‘Mary T. O'Sullivan’
Why You Need a Business Plan – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “If you do not know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.” – Henry A. Kissinger Building a business is a challenging undertaking. Most people dive in and start doing before they have a strategy, goals, vision, or know what values are driving them. People try many…
Read MoreMy Pandemic Project – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “Every project is an opportunity to learn, to figure out problems and challenges, to invent and reinvent.” – David Rockwell This week I attended yet another conference where I was able to display and sell my book, The Leader You Don’t Want to Be. At these events, I’m often asked…
Read MoreChange for the sake of change doesn’t work – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL, contributing writer on business leadership “The basis of …change [for people] …is to “change the environmental context” in which they operate and to create a disequilibrium in the status quo”. Kurt Lewin Back in 2008, a new Vice President was appointed as leader of my former business unit. He knew…
Read MoreDelegation. At work, at home. It’s not a bad word – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “Sometimes you just have to be willing to delegate and not feel like you’re the only one with the answer”. – Ronald D. Moore This summer has been quite a learning experience when it comes to delegation. Having an elderly, incontinent parent and a post-surgical husband under the same roof…
Read MoreStrategies for problem solving and the role of leadership – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, business leadership “Great things in business are never done by one person; they’re done by a team of people.” – Steve Jobs In a Harvard Business Review article from 1998, “How to Kill Creativity”, various remedies are offered as antidotes to the lack of creativity pervasive in most corporate cultures. We…
Read MoreWhy reputation is important – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour” – Japanese proverb According to Ethical Corporation, an online newsletter, “corporate reputation impacts business results and as such should be treated with as much vigor as other business risks”. The Hill and Knowlton International Corporate…
Read MoreHow People Management Influences organizational change – by Mary T. O’Sullivan
by Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “The sinkhole of change is communication and motivation. It’s where change projects go to die.” Nancy Rothbard We always wonder how companies make strategic decisions. Why do our favorite brands become discontinued? What made a business reorganize its interior? What are the major factors in making strategic change? Most decisions…
Read MoreGeopolitics, International Trade, and Business – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “Globalization is a fact, because of technology, because of an integrated global supply chain, because of changes in transportation. And we’re not going to be able to build a wall around that” – Barack Obama The impact of globalization and international trade on organizations The overall impact of globalization and…
Read MoreGender stereotyping and leadership. Why it matters – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL Publisher’s Note: This Wednesday is International Women’s Day – we republish this popular post by Mary addressing gender stereotyping and leadership in the workplace. “Any society that fails to harness the energy of its women is at a huge disadvantage in the modern world” Tian Wei What happens when, for…
Read MoreLeadership lessons learned – the hard way – Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” — Lao Tzu I have always believed that I am a leader, however, upon reflection, I realize that there have been times I have not…
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