Mentoring

Power, Status and Strange Behavior
Pepper de Callier

As someone who has made a life’s work of studying leaders, I guess you could say I also have an interest in studying power and status—especially how the acquisition of power and status can change people.

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Women: The Last Frontier?
Pepper de Callier

The subject of women in roles of power has been discussed, debated and written about for at least 2,400 years, dating back to Ancient Greece and Aristophanes. It’s one of those topics that has a unique ability to lower the...

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The Crisis and Your Career: An Opportunity or a Threat?
Final installment in the series
Pepper de Callier

Yesterday I promised to give you a powerful formula. Here it is: M = [i] x [v]. I’ll explain what it means and how it ties everything together later, but first let’s get some final thoughts from our panel of leaders about...

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The Crisis and Your Career: An Opportunity or a Threat?
Part 3 of a 4 part series
Pepper de Callier

I began this series by talking about common sense. The paradox of common sense is that it must address what are often complex issues with extreme simplicity like this old gem: “If it’s too good to be true, chances are it is...

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The Crisis and Your Career: An Opportunity or a Threat?
Part 2 of a 4 part series
Pepper de Callier

The conventional wisdom is that this recession has not yet reached its depth in Central and Eastern Europe.  Most of the leaders I have talked with over the past three months tell me that the worst of this won’t...

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The Crisis and Your Career: An Opportunity or a Threat?
Part 1 of a 4 part series
Pepper de Callier

Is there anyone out there who doesn’t know we’re in an economic crisis? Personally, I’m in information overload about how it started, who is to blame, what the odds are that we’ll all be living in our cars before it’s over,...

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Taking Responsibility For Your Actions
Pepper de Callier

Throughout history talented and effective leaders have known that taking responsibility for their actions, especially ones that have less than desirable outcomes, sends a powerful message of character and maturity to those who...

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