Comments on: Lessons from far afield http://managingleadership.com/blog/2009/08/13/lessons-from-far-afield/ The strategic role of the senior executive Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:35:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim Stroup http://managingleadership.com/blog/2009/08/13/lessons-from-far-afield/comment-page-1/#comment-8697 Jim Stroup Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:56:55 +0000 http://managingleadership.com/blog/?p=2653#comment-8697 Hello Lee, I share your frustration! Some of the resistance to reading comes from the belief that they have no time for it - another reason, of course, for the search for easy, mechanical answers that require no thought and that can also be blamed themselves (the answers), rather than requiring the executive to take responsibility. But reading can be fit into almost any schedule, and it is both a welcome and insight-provoking break from routine, and an investment in perception and acuity worth making. Thanks for stopping in with this! Hello Lee,

I share your frustration! Some of the resistance to reading comes from the belief that they have no time for it – another reason, of course, for the search for easy, mechanical answers that require no thought and that can also be blamed themselves (the answers), rather than requiring the executive to take responsibility.

But reading can be fit into almost any schedule, and it is both a welcome and insight-provoking break from routine, and an investment in perception and acuity worth making.

Thanks for stopping in with this!

]]> By: Lee Thayer http://managingleadership.com/blog/2009/08/13/lessons-from-far-afield/comment-page-1/#comment-8693 Lee Thayer Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:16:38 +0000 http://managingleadership.com/blog/?p=2653#comment-8693 Jim - If high-level executives are so helpless they don't know what THEY NEED to read, then it makes no difference what they read. Might as well read the current business press pap or a random collection of financial statements. If they are readers, they can find their own way, with questions - not directed to peers! In my experience over the last four decades, I would conclude that most top executives CAN'T read - they just want the answers, the recipes. So the first step may be there. Jim – If high-level executives are so helpless they don’t know what THEY NEED to read, then it makes no difference what they read. Might as well read the current business press pap or a random collection of financial statements. If they are readers, they can find their own way, with questions – not directed to peers! In my experience over the last four decades, I would conclude that most top executives CAN’T read – they just want the answers, the recipes. So the first step may be there.

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