Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Tribal Leadership

I came a cross this video on facebook but it belongs to a group I belong to, which is TED. Ted.com is a great website that brings new ideas and perspectives to the reader through articles and video. There is a plethora of knowledge and wisdom that comes from its speakers and insight. David Logan speaks of "Tribal Leadership" in the video below.

David Logan studies how people communicate within a company -- and how to harness our natural gifts to make change within organizations. He looks at emerging patterns of corporate leadership, organizational transformation, generational differences in the workplace, and team building for high-potential managers and executives.

He's the co-founder and senior partner at CultureSync, a management consulting firm, and works with Fortune 500 companies, governments, and nonprofits. Much of CultureSync’s work is derived from a ten-year study of over 24,000 people published at Tribal Leadership (2008), which shows how organizational culture evolves over time and how leaders can nudge it forward.

He teaches management and leadership in the USC Executive MBA, and is also on the faculty at the International Centre for Leadership in Finance (ICLIF), endowed by the former prime minister of Malaysia, and on the Foundation for Medical Excellence in Portland.