8/26/12: Leadership Reading to Start Your Week

8/26/12: Leadership Reading to Start Your Week:
Here are five choice articles from the business schools, the business press
and major consulting firms to start off your work week. I'm pointing you to
articles about IT and healthcare, too much data, See's Candies, Martha Stewart,
and the impact of the boss.
From Strategy + Business: IT and Healthcare: Evolving Together at the
Cleveland Clinic"Martin Harris, MD, chief information officer of one of the
world’s most innovative hospital systems, describes how medical IT helps
providers engage consumers and cut costs."

Leadership Case: Program Jokowi untuk Jakarta Baru

Kasus kepemimpinan yang sangat baik. Visioner, konsep pemimpin politik baru, dimana dalam era baru ini kita menuntut pemimpin yang bisa kerja dan punya wawasan, dekat dengan persoalan masyarakat aktual, dan yang punya integritas bukan yang cari uang, bukan yang membiarkan semua praktek korup dan permainan uang. Praktik transparansi, good governance, manajemen dan pengendalian yang baik, problem solver di lapangan, bukan yang duduk di kantor. Kerja keras, melenyapkan semua pemborosan, penyelesaian pekerjaan langsung ke akarnya, alokasi anggaran yang baik, keputusan cepat, policy yang mengikuti best practice dan perkembangan model manajemen terbaik di dunia. Manajemen yang dilakukan nyaris sama dengan kunci keberhasilan perusahaan-perusahaan sukses. 

Top 6 Hiring Mistakes to Avoid

Top 6 Hiring Mistakes to Avoid:
When filling a top leadership slot, these are the blunders you don't want to make.
In hiring for a top leadership position, you can make costly errors by either incorrectly diagnosing the situation, letting red herrings or other so-called rules get in the way of choosing the right person, or failing to set and follow a rigorous disciplined process. Here's a look at the six top pitfalls to recognize and avoid.