Innovation and Leadership

Back in my Accenture days, I had the pleasure of working with many brilliant individuals.  One person in particular stood out amongst the crowd: Brad Kolar.  Although he worked in the “professional development” department (which typically implies taking other people’s intellectual property and converting it into training), he was one of the firm’s greatest thinkers.  After leaving Accenture he became the Chief Learning Office for the University of Chicago Medical Center.  Recently he started doing his own thing.

Brad recently started a blog, “The Question of Leadership,” which has some fantastic materials.  Although every post is a gem, here are a few of my favorites:

• When SMART Goals are Dumb -  He, like me, believes that goals applied the wrong way will hurt performance rather than help
• What’s so special about YOU anyway? – He addresses the important topic of aligning your roles at work with your strengths
• Falling prey to Pareto – Brad brings home the need to focus on value added activities within the workplace

Please take the time to peruse his collection and post comments.

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