2005

		Sneak Peak 2006
		by Saj-nicole Joni
		Forbes.com, December, 2005 Growth and innovation will occupy center stage in the executive suite for 2006. With the markets moving forward, top leadership now must be about growth and innovation. Profit delivered solely by improving margins and focusing on operational excellence just isn’t going to cut it. Read more: View Article
		Creating Healthy Tensions at the Top
		by Saj-nicole Joni
		Forbes.com, December, 2005 A great deal has been written about the need for top leadership to create unity and alignment. But the opposite is equally true: It's also their job to invite conflict and create tension. Few executives would admit that they spend time reflecting on aligning and fostering tensions and conflict. Yet when the truth is told, this is something all great leaders are called upon to do.sful leadership, and the role of inquiry in accelerated learning and improved decision making. Read more: View Article
		Executive Re-Charge: Sustaining Great Leaders
		by Saj-nicole Joni
		Forbes.com, July 14, 2005 The secret is out: developing multiple interests and passionate hobbies - once thought of as a sign of not being “serious” - turns out to be a predictor of success. Read more: View Article
		Get a Third Opinion
		by Saj-nicole Joni
		American Way, May, 2005 To diagnose and treat your company’s problems, you can’t stop with a second opinion. Third opinion advisers, are those indispensable, yet often unknown advisers who tell the hard truths and give executives their reality check. For top-level managers this kind of advice is paramount – because as they advance, executives become increasingly isolated and find themselves less and less able to get objective input inside their companies. Read more: View Article
		Coralling Business Communications
		by Penelope Patsuris
		Forbes.com, May, 2005 Forbes.com's CEO Network gathered some of business's best minds for a live panel to debate the shift in business communications. The participants were MIT Media Lab founder Nicholas Negroponte; Cambridge International Group President and CEO Saj-nicole Joni, Ph.D.; Institutional Investor Services President and CEO John Connolly; Bradley Jack, who is a member of the Office of the Chairman at Lehman Brothers (nyse: LEH - news - people ); and Spencer Stuart Senior Director James Citrin. Read more: View Article
		Law Firm Inc
		by Saj-nicole Joni
		Forbes.com, March/April 2005 A pattern of strategic mergers, acquisitions and brand integrations has been reshaping the legal industry, and notably the workplace within many firms. For partners this brings many new challenges, and put pressure on the fundamental assumptions about the responsibilities, stature, and privileges that comprise their professional sense of self. All partners need to understand the three aspects of trusts that co-exist within any company, partnership or corporate entity: Personal Trust, Expertise Trust and Structural Trust. Read more: View Article
		Winning with Complexity: Navigating Complexity for Results and Superior Performance
		by Saj-nicole Joni
		Duke Corporate Education, March 2005 Dr. Saj-nicole Joni, a faculty member of Duke Corporate Education’s Global Learning Resource Network, discusses an essential ‘map’ leaders need in order to track and mobilize the kinds of thinking, relationships, and habits it takes to succeed in the 21st century. Read more: View Article
		Outside Insight: Balancing Private and Public Inquiry
		A Conversation with Peter Senge and Saj-nicole Joni
		Reflections: The SoL Journal on Knowledge, Learning and Change, Vol 6 No 1., March 2005 In a recent conversation, Peter Senge, founding chairperson of SoL, and Saj-nicole Joni talked about ways to support leaders engaged in collaborative decision making. Together, they explore the limits of traditional coaching and consulting, the need to balance public and private inquiry for successful leadership, and the role of inquiry in accelerated learning and improved decision making. Read more: View Article