1: Peter Marks took his life a few weeks before his younger son’s college graduation.
“If I’m ever in a similar situation again,” his friend David Brooks writes in How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen, “I’ll understand that you don’t have to try to coax somebody out of depression.
“It’s enough to show that you have some understanding of what … continue reading
1: It was the spring of 2019. Author and columnist David Brooks‘s close friend Peter Marks was struggling with depression.
They had gathered for a weekend together. “My wife noticed a change immediately,” David recounts. “A light had gone out. There was a flatness in his voice, a stillness in his eyes.”
Pete told David what he already knew: “He wasn’t himself. He was doing what he loved most—playing … continue reading
1: “My most searing encounter with depression came when the illness hit my oldest friend, Peter Marks,” David Brooks writes in his book How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen.
“Severe depression was revealed to me as an unimagined abyss,” David writes. “I learned that those of us lucky enough never to have experienced serious depression cannot understand what it is … continue reading
1: We see things differently. Literally.
“Our differences of perception are rooted deep in the hidden kingdom of the unconscious mind and we’re generally not aware how profound those differences are until we ask,” David Brooks writes in his book How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen.
Imagine we are part of a group considering climbing up a mountain.
A single … continue reading
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
One of my goals for the year is to experiment with different approaches and tools to strengthen my relationships with the people I love and care about.
We will revisit … continue reading
1: McKinsey consultants asked a CEO how much time he spent managing other people’s egos.
Probably 20 to 30 percent of the time, he answered.
Then, they asked him what percent of time people spent managing his ego.
Silence.
“Beyond the anecdote,” Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, and Vikram Malhotra write in CEO Excellence, “the research is clear: When CEOs are asked if they act as a … continue reading
1: To change workplace culture, the best CEOs survey team members to understand how engaged they are and how well they know the organization’s vision and strategy.
The first metric to measure? Will associates fill out the survey?
At Eaton Corporation, the power management technology company, former CEO Sandy Cutler and his team achieved a spectacular 96 percent participation rate on their voluntary survey across 175 countries and in 37 … continue reading
1: “Culture can be a hard topic to get one’s head around,” Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, and Vikram Malhotra write in CEO Excellence: The Six Mindsets That Distinguish the Best Leaders from the Rest.
Perhaps the best definition comes from Marvin Bower, McKinsey & Company‘s former managing director, who said culture is “the way we do things around here.”
Which is why the world’s best … continue reading
1: The year was 2012. DBS, a large Asian bank headquartered in Singapore, had a problem. Card skimmers had hacked into their ATMs. Money was being stolen.
CEO Piyush Gupta moved quickly to identify how the breach had happened.
“The problem was traced to a decision made by a junior operations colleague,” Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, and Vikram Malhotra write in CEO Excellence: The Six Mindsets That … continue reading
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
One of my goals for the year is to experiment with different approaches and tools to strengthen my relationships with the people I love and care about.
We will revisit … continue reading
