Lifelong Learning
In most of my teaching and coaching assignments, I emphasize lifelong learning as an important habit to cultivate. I have a plaque in my office directly across from my desk that says “Better than Yesterday, Not as Good as Tomorrow”, which reminds me to learn something new every day. In my corporate role as Global Vice President before I retired [...]
Leaders at Work
Developing Science Based leaders demands innovating management training - Dr. Graffeo discusses the Performance Trilogy® leadership roles in the "Leaders at Work" (#leadersatwork) Blog from the D'Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University. To read the full article, click the image below.
Dr. Graffeo named to the advisory board of the Barnett Institute at Northeastern University
The Institute is recognized internationally as one of the premier centers for cutting-edge research and advanced training in analytical chemistry for biomedical applications. The Barnett Institute’s close ties to the Boston medical community and industry, along with its active program of licensing technology, provides for many “real life” applications of research advances which have led to more than 975 published [...]
Universal Management Attributes
Successfully performing each of the three phases of the Performance Trilogy® requires different attributes (i.e. talent and skills) during each phase. In STILE Point #15, we listed the universal attributes of leadership required during Phase 1, the strategy phase, where leaders change things. As in a chemical reaction, this requires activation energy to break existing bonds to allow the reaction [...]
Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) and The Knowledge Economy – Key STI Indicators
Download the entire article (.pdf file) by clicking the below icon: [icon_list icon="acrobat" size="large" link="/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/STILE-Point-16-STI-and-The-Knowledge-Economy-Key-STI-Indicators-v.final_.pdf" target="blank"] [clear] In the first STILE Point on STI and the Knowledge Economy, we emphasized the importance of STI as the main source and the driving force for knowledge economy. To compete in the 21st Century a country should articulate its vision and implement strategies [...]
Universal Attributes of Leadership
Download the entire article (.pdf file) by clicking the below icon: [icon_list icon="acrobat" size="large" link="/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/STILE-Point-15-Universal-Leadership-Attributes-v.final_.pdf" target="blank"] [clear] Leading each of the three phases of the Performance Trilogy® requires different attributes (i.e. talent and skills) during each phase. In Phase 1, the leadership phase, your role is to “lead from the front”, to create and promote a compelling strategy that inspires [...]
Aligning Knowledge Management Systems to Business Strategy
Download the entire article (.pdf file) by clicking the below icon: [icon_list icon="acrobat" size="large" link="/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/STILE-Point-14-Aligning-Knowledge-Management-Systems-to-Business-Strategy-v.final_.pdf" target="blank"] [clear] In the modern enterprise, millions of bytes of information are generated every day. Within the enterprise are the information that is generated through transactional systems that are held in relational databases, network databases etc. A vast majority of information that is generated is [...]
The Importance of Self-Awareness
Download the entire article (.pdf file) by clicking the below icon: [icon_list icon="acrobat" size="large" link="/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/STILE-Point-13-The-Importance-of-Self-Awareness-v.final_.pdf" target="blank"] [clear] In STILE Point #11, we discussed the importance of meeting the leadership challenge by first answering the question, “Will I lead?” dealing with the attributes of motivation and talent before answering the question, “Can I lead?” which has more to do with your [...]
Communicating Science, Katharine Hayhoe
Download the entire article (.pdf file) by clicking the below icon: [icon_list icon="acrobat" size="large" link="/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/STILE-Point-12-Communicating-Science-II-final.pdf" target="blank"] [clear] In my first STILE Point (STILE Point #4 Communicating Science, The Art of Social Discourse) I promised to recommend articles that I thought were examples of good communication or had some interesting insight. One such article, actually it is a blog, jumped out [...]
What are the key attributes you bring to the leadership challenge?
Download the entire article (.pdf file) by clicking the below icon: [icon_list icon="acrobat" size="large" link="/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/STILE-Point-11-Assessing-your-Attributes-v.1.pdf" target="blank"] [clear] In STILE Point #9, the first part of answering the question “are you ready to lead” was to estimate the magnitude of the challenge. This involves calculating the degree of difficulty of the assignment; estimating your level of influence from those whose [...]