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Michael O’Malley and William Baker are the co-authors of “Every Leader Is An Artist,” which proposes a template of baseline leadership qualities and  shows just how interconnected they are with the qualities of great art.  I recently asked them about their book, the lessons within it and the state of leadership today.

For all the scandals and failures, many fallen leaders are not held fully to financial and legal account, and the golden parachute has not been eradicated.[…] Continue Reading »

SmartPulse — our weekly reader poll in SmartBrief on Social Media — tracks feedback from leading marketers about social-media practices and issues.

Last week’s poll question: Do you see social-media marketing as an art or a science?

  • Both — 67.13%
  • Art — 13.49%
  • Neither — 12.80%
  • Science — 6.57%

When I’m writing these questions, I often struggle with whether I should include some sort of compromise answer — “both,” “none of the above,” “not sure,” etc.[…] Continue Reading »