Fireside Chat With Peter Cohan - You Can't Order Change

What should you do with talented professionals who are lousy managers? Check out this podcast!

 During this 23 minute podcast, I chat with Peter Cohan, author of You Can't Order Change: Lessons From Jim McNerney's Turnaround at Boeing. I must admit that I did not know much about McNerney before reading this book, and I like a lot about his approach and overall philosophy. If you like the kind of management advice I share on this blog, I think you will relate to McNerney's leadership - he's a talent builder. Peter Cohan did a great job of bringing the examples together for a good read and he is a management expert and educator himself (and has written 8 books). He blogs here.

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You can also download an MP3 version of the podcast here.

And just a reminder.....

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Comments

[Karl Staib - Work Happy Now]

Talent building is a great way of putting it. We need to cultivate the joy inside of people so they stay engaged and interested in their jobs.

Every manager knows this isn't easy because every employee is like a snowflake. So different and can melt at any moment. But when combined with other like minded people, they can create a blanket of beauty.

My metaphor was a little cheesy, but still quite nice.