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Barry Goldberg

Barry Goldberg
Entelechy Partners
I. Barry Goldberg is managing director of Entelechy Partners, an executive coaching and leadership development firm headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. His practice focuses on senior executives, change leaders and bet-the-business program teams. Goldberg holds a graduate certificate in leadership coaching from Georgetown University.

The Cost of a Culture of Distraction

I visited with a client this week in Washington DC where a bet-the-business project team is having a hard time making progress. They...

Why General McChrystal Had to Go

Any top team needs debate and even conflict- but only at the right time and in the right setting.  That time and that setting...

Leadership Lesson from the World Cup: How to Be Your Own Worst Enemy

An American with no street cred whatsoever writing about the World Cup may be a dangerous thing.  While I am a fan, I cannot...

PonderThis: Which Risk Are We Managing?

Risk Management is supposed to be about insulating your business from the conditions and occurrences that could threaten continuing operations.  I can imagine that...

We See What We Are Looking For

The World Cup begins next week in Africa.  Ironically, according to a recent publicity poll, about 30% of those reading this blog post from...

Ponder This: Hunker Down or Pedal to the Metal?

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Power Sharing and Dedication to Vision

There is much to learn from the goings on in the UK right now.  Unlike the Presidential system, elections in a Parliamentary system can...

PonderThis: When Rewards are Out of Whack

Last week we saw something many did not expect.  We saw senior members of Goldman Sachs enrage members of a congressional committee not by...

BP, Tony Hayward and Leadership Legacy

Many executives talk about the legacy that they want to leave.  The current challenges of British Petroleum with the massive oil leak in the...

PonderThis: What ELSE Can we Learn from Goldman Sachs

The pundits have lined up to comment on the SEC’s indictment of Goldman Sachs.  The analysis, finger pointing and positioning mounts by the ...

Meetings Again!

Meetings are low hanging fruit.  If you were to parachute me into any company blind and ask me to find a way to make...

PonderThis: Leadership and Poetry?

April is National Poetry Month and I would like to suggest that you spend a little time with a poet this weekend.  You might...

The Body Knows

There is an entire field, called Somatics, of study about how body wisdom and awareness provides important input for leaders.  For many business leaders,...

PonderThis: Tiger is Returning to Golf

Almost all leadership models place importance on clear values.  But there is nothing like a controversy to show us how varied our values can...

Bandwidth to Support Everyone in China on a Video Chat: But What Will They Talk About?

Content and process are one of the polarities that leaders must balance every day.  And yet, process seems to trump content on a regular...

The Power of Culture to Create and Destroy

Anyone who thinks of organizational culture or leadership as soft should have a look at this article on Forbes.com. David Hannah’s description of how Saturn...

Undercover Boss and Henry V

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PonderThis: Accountability for Accountability

A change leader can delegate parts of an initiative, but ultimately accountability for accountability remains with the leader. Gartner Group, the tech analysis organization famous...

Scylla and Charybdis – Protecting the Brand

One of the most challenging issues leaders must face is the balancing of short-term return vs. long-term value.  In ideal circumstances, a leader...

Leading Change: It’s About Friction, Force and Risk

I recently spent a half-day with students at the William J. Clinton School of Public Service.  They are a remarkable group of students working...

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