Swain Associates

LOOKING TO THE PAST TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE IN THE FUTURE

It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but...

SEASONS, CYCLES AND LEADERSHIP

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used to create them Albert...

LEADERSHIP AS A STATE OF MIND

A leader is a dealer in hope. Napoleon Bonaparte Until recently I was a partner...

WHAT LEADERSHIP AND RHYTHM & BLUES HAVE IN COMMON

If you don't know where you are going any road will take you there George...

AMBIGUITY IS NIRVANA FOR LEADERS

Do not follow where the path may lead.  Go instead where there is no path,...

IS YOUR LEADERSHIP ACTUALLY CREATING OR DESTROYING SUSTAINABLE VALUE?

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything Anonymous I am writing...

LEADING IN AN A.D.D. WORLD: GIVE SOMETHING PEOPLE CAN FOLLOW

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt...

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IS ESSENTIALLY PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

My life is an indivisible whole, and all my activities run into one another...My life...

LEADERS GET HONEST FEEDBACK TOO LATE IN THEIR CAREERS (PART TWO)

Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and it annoys...

LEADERS GET HONEST FEEDBACK TOO LATE IN THEIR CAREERS (PART ONE)

Many people die with their music still inside them Oliver Wendell Holmes Terry (fictitious name...