The Social Animal: A good book for executives
Over the years, regular contributor John McCallum has recommended numerous books that can help executives be an effective leader. The Social Animal appears to be one of the best. Good executives have...
View ArticleDon’t count the U.S. out
Ingenious and resilient may be appropriate adjectives for describing the people – and national economies – of the handful of countries that have staved off the current global slowdown. But the two...
View ArticleMaking the Best of a World Slowdown
Sluggish economic growth is hardly desirable, but as this author points out, it may be a blessing in disguise. In this article he outlines eight steps that executives can take to help their firms...
View ArticleThinking, fast and slow: A must read for executives
One of the best business books of 2011 has some excellent and original advice for business executives. This IBJ regular contributor distills the advice into seven suggestions. The executive’s job is...
View ArticleExecutives should monitor central bank pronouncements
The task of divining the economy’s direction may confound managers, but monitoring the pronouncements of the institutions responsible for monetary policy is in itself a policy that makes the job less...
View ArticleOne-liners for Executives
One-liners are very short statements that purport to capture the essence of a situation. At their best, they can bring clarity and precision to complexity and confusion. They can also focus...
View ArticleThe power of habit: Good executive reading
Habits affect every relationship an executive has. Even how a CEO approaches decision-making reflects a habit, either a tendency to act crisply or to procrastinate. For many, it is the latter, and...
View ArticleThe economy: Still a slog
There comes a time in the affairs of a nation and its business leaders when the status quo, though not desirable, is preferable. Reluctantly perhaps, Canadians will take that option for the next two...
View ArticleThanks for the Memories
John S. McCallum is Professor of Finance at the I. H. Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba. He has been writing a column for the Ivey Business Journal for 35 years. This is his last...
View ArticleFOLLOWERSHIP: THE OTHER SIDE OF LEADERSHIP
The link between leadership, management and enterprise performance is widely understood and accepted. Improving leadership improves management and raises the probabilities of better performance. That...
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Teaching executives the ancient art of persuasion
The events that led to publication of this article are unusual. In December 2013, I had hip-replacement surgery, which eventually gave me pain-free mobility again. But immediately after the operation,...
View ArticleStock Market Trouble: Five Books for Executives
I have just re – read four of the great books on stock-market debacles: Charles Mackay’s Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841); John Kenneth Galbraith’s The Great Crash...
View ArticleFootball Fumbles, Business Blunders and Naked Leadership
Being a business executive is about leading, competing and winning — which is why sports stories can be valuable reference points for decision making and motivating. Take, for example, the National...
View ArticleNegative Rates Are Negative in More Ways than One
To say we are living in interesting times for monetary policy is an understatement. Today’s official interest rates are unprecedented, thanks to the spread of so-called NIRP (negative interest rate...
View ArticleManagement Advice from a Dead Socialist
Want a relatively easy way to become a better leader in the age of uncertainty? Well, if you do, then find some spare time to read British philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872–1970). Now, I know that...
View ArticleThe Orwell School of Management
Insight into running a business is often found in unexpected places. After graduating high school, few corporate executives pay much attention to the late novelist and journalist George Orwell, who is...
View ArticleDriving Canadian Innovation
As notorious Italian Renaissance historian Niccolò Machiavelli famously put it: “There is nothing more difficult to carry out nor more doubtful of success nor more dangerous to handle than to initiate...
View ArticleThe Orwell School of Management
Insight into running a business is often found in unexpected places. After graduating high school, few corporate executives pay much attention to the late novelist and journalist George Orwell, who is...
View ArticleDriving Canadian Innovation
As notorious Italian Renaissance historian Niccolò Machiavelli famously put it: “There is nothing more difficult to carry out nor more doubtful of success nor more dangerous to handle than to initiate...
View ArticleSqueezing Wisdom Out of a Mouse and a Louse
Planning is a big part of every executive’s business life, but reading Robert Burns isn’t. And that’s a shame because if planning has a poet laureate, Scotland’s famous bard is it. Executives, for...
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