1. We always focus on leadership, but Bret Simmon’s does a great job of understanding the importance of being a good follower. [Video]
2. As Tim Ferris explains, Edmund Wilson believed that productivity could soar–if we stopped trying please everyone all the time.
3. Hiring a “superstar” leader might seem like a good idea, but there are some problems as trizle.com reports.
4. The future of organizations may focus on innovation and, perhaps, community building with employees and …

This month’s Atlantic piece, Do CEOs Matter? has nicely laid out the conventional arguments for and against the need for aggressive leadership within organizations. The author, Harris Collingwood, ends by essentially saying that good leaders can create small gains whereas bad leaders will be responsible for huge losses. The idea here is: leaders can’t make mistakes.
CEOs represent the head of the social organization that is called a company. They are responsible for deciding where the …