Comments on: Buy this Book and Read it Now: The Leader as a Mensch (Book Review) http://mikeurbonas.com/2009/07/22/buy-this-book-and-read-it-now-the-leader-as-a-mensch/ My blog for Product Marketing/Product Management, Business Intelligence and occassional musings on leadership and innovation. Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:09:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Of Seeing Eye Dogs and Intelligently Disobedient Business Intelligence Use and Product Marketing « Mike Urbonas – Product Marketing/Personal Branding/Business Intelligence Blog http://mikeurbonas.com/2009/07/22/buy-this-book-and-read-it-now-the-leader-as-a-mensch/#comment-555 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:14:47 +0000 http://mikeurbonas.com/?p=416#comment-555 [...] term is from a great article by The Leader as a Mensch author Bruna Martinuzzi which cleverly presents this highly beneficial trait: I once worked for a [...]

]]> By: What Matters Now: “Glittering Paragraphs” of Bright Ideas « Mike Urbonas – Product Marketing Blog – Business Intelligence Blog – Personal Branding Blog – Job Search Blog http://mikeurbonas.com/2009/07/22/buy-this-book-and-read-it-now-the-leader-as-a-mensch/#comment-285 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:49:13 +0000 http://mikeurbonas.com/?p=416#comment-285 [...] by: cayusa (Flickr CC) Thanks to Bruna Martinuzzi, author of The Leader as a Mench, for sending me just before the holiday break a copy of What Matters Now, a free e-book compiled by [...]

]]> By: Play to Win with the Right Management Style and Personal Brand (But Which One?) « Mike Urbonas – Product Marketing Blog – Business Intelligence Blog – Personal Branding Blog – Job Search Blog http://mikeurbonas.com/2009/07/22/buy-this-book-and-read-it-now-the-leader-as-a-mensch/#comment-244 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:08:57 +0000 http://mikeurbonas.com/?p=416#comment-244 [...] I will go out on a limb and predict most readers will side with Anthony F. Smith on this “point/counterpoint” between the September and October Go issues. Branding himself as “the ultimate contrarian,” George Cloutier no doubt is used to people disagreeing with him. It is easy to deride George Cloutier’s very sharp managerial recommendations; what is much harder, though, is to think of a company that has achieved long term, enduring success following similar advice. To be sure, there are exceptions, notably turnaround situations with an eye to sell all or part of the “fixed” business, or ”forced marches” in which everyone suffers for now with the glittering promise of a liquidity event, like an IPO (remember those back in the dot-com heydey?).  And considering this from a different angle: Would I really want to lead like this? I think I would rather strive to lead as a mensch. [...]

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