Andrew and I, together with Dr. Isaac Mostovicz of Janus Thinking , are in the process of developing a leadership questionnaire. We would like to test and validate the questionnaire so far before we proceed any further. Can you spare 10 minutes and test out our survey? Click on the following link to take it:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/leadership_opinions
Thanks very much.

In our book Intimacy , Andrew and I found that advances in IT can facilitate greater intimacy of relationships among colleagues. However, this does not necessarily seem to be the case for non-colleague spouses and partners. This week I came across this recent survey from Sheraton hotels which found that 35% of respondents would pick their Blackberry over their partner.
Now, I know that sometimes a Blackberry may compete with a spouse for attention, but I think that 35% of people choosing the device over the person is endemic of the BlackBerry addiction and technology addiction more generally I’ve found in my research. If someone chooses his BlackBerry over his spouse, and brings it into the bedroom (87% of respondents), and admits he ‘loves’ it (62%) (findings that echo my own research), then clearly this person needs to reexamine his priorities.

Earlier this month I came across this survey suggesting that nearly half of all workers think their bosses are incompetent. This can make for a difficult working environment.
In my book Essence of Leadership , I identified 5 reasons for continual tensions in organizations:

Differences between subordinates and bosses (the boss is accountable for a subordinate’s behaviour and contribution).
Differences between the operating businesses and the group centre (i.e. the centre is focused on a broad range of interests while business units are more concerned with the timely and efficient delivery of services or products).
Differences between internally and externally-focused people (people with different stakeholders and protocols may not always see eye-to-eye).
Differences between people who are more sales-oriented as opposed to service-oriented (the tension between getting the sale and provide good service).
Differences [...]