明けましておめでとうございます。
生井さん、ドイツからのポスティングをありがとう。残りの留学生活、後悔しないように満喫してください。ゼミ生みんなは生井さんの帰りを首を長くして待っています。夏のゼミ合宿に間に合うと良いですね。
皆さんは元気にしていますか。私は原稿作成＋読書三昧の正月を過ごしています。中でも、元HP_CEOのCarly Fiorinaの自伝「
Tough Choices- A Memoir」が読み応えありました。学部で歴史や哲学を専攻し、ビジネスとは何の縁もなかった彼女が、どのようにしてFortune 20 Company初の女性CEOになったのか、が素敵な文章で語られています。ゼミ生の皆さん、(特に女性陣)はぜひ一読ください。
以下、印象的だった文章をいくつか紹介します：
●Leadershipについて
○Leaders are defined by three things: character, capability and collaboration. Leaders are candid and courageous; they know their strengths and use them; they bolster their weaknesses by relying on others with complementary skills and by constantly learning and adapting; they know when they need help and seek it; they know when help is required by others; and they provide it. They have strong peer networks and are not afraid to share with others. Leaders come in all shapes and sizes and colors from every walk of life and level in an organization. They can emerge anytime and anywhere, but they are consistent and steady in their actions and approach. Leaders recognize, support and encourage other leaders (pp. 185)
○One of the reasons leadership is lonely is that it requires both passion and dispassion. a leader must be part of the team and yet able to step back and see clearly. Enough distance is required to make the tough calls (pp. 135)
○Sometimes leaders let others decide. And sometimes leaders build processes that help everyone make decisions and help people choose when they should lead and where they should follow (pp. 128).
○Leadership has nothing to do with title or position leadership is about making a positive difference for and with others. leadership is about the integrity of one`s character, the caliber of one`s capabilities, and effectiveness of one`s collaboration with others. Anyone can lead from anywhere at any time (pp. 168)
●Changeについて
○Change doesn`t require 100 percent of the people to go along. It doesn`t even take a majority. It does take critical mass (pp. 115)
○Coping with change is like learning anything new- a new workout routine, a new diet, a new golf swing, a new job, at first it`s really hard. it feels unnatural and requires lots of effort. sometimes, you give up and go back to the old way of doing things. but, if you keep at it, over time what was once new becomes easier and easier until it`s almost second nature （pp. 120）
●StrategyとExecutionについて
○Strategy is about making choices. Execution is about making those choices work (pp. 135)
●Setting Goalについて
○Set goals too low and people can overachieve the goal and yet still underperform against their competitors and the market; set the bar higher and people may miss the internal goal but still overperform against external targets (pp. 153)
●Making Mistakesについて
○"Yes, we will make mistakes. I will make them and you will make them- if we don`t make mistakes, we are not trying anything new. The goal is not perfection; the goal is progress. and in a world that`s moving faster all the time, an imperfect decision made in a timely fashion and executed well is better than a perfect decision made too late. we will make mistakes, but our goal should be to learn from them and not make the same mistake twice. when we fail or fall short or make a mistake, we will pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, learn our lessons and move forward. That`s what champions do." (pp. 201)
