Author Archives: oher
CONFLICT THAT CANNOT BE RESOLVED
THE KREUTZER SONATA, currently playing in New York City’s Cafe La Mama, is a chilling theatrical event based on Leo’s Tolstoy’s novella of the same name. What makes this experience so rivetting and compelling is the protagonists’s conlfict over his … Continue reading
Conflict As A Driver of Action
The current film J EDGAR is a stark example of unresolved conflict management. Although in his lifetime he revolutionized the FBI and successfully gained enormous power and influence, he was a man conflicted within himself who often projected this internal … Continue reading
Mike Daisey Is Not Afraid To Open His Eyes
Daisey’s creation, THE AGONY AND ECSTASY OF STEVE JOBS is a sly work. He slowly and hauntingly shows us how via our dependency and fascination with electronic things, we all are part of a global community. We all are taught … Continue reading
Separating Parents and Their Daughters
I recently had the experience of viewing two new films; MONEYBALL (2011 directed by Glen Miller and written by Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin) and A SEPARATION (2011 directed and written by Asghar Farhardi). The difference between the way adolescent daughters … Continue reading
Ah …Almodovar!
I do not want to spoil the experience of his new film THE SKIN I LIVE IN for anyone. However I just wish Almodovar had incorporated some of the character complexity which Arthur Miller distilled in his Eddie Carbone of … Continue reading
“The “Odd Couple” — Steve Jobs and Health Care as a Right for All”
I urge all to read this column by my colleague and friend Miles Zaremski Article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/miles-j-zaremski/the-odd-couplesteve-jobs-_b_1003346.html
The Fool Within
This entry refers to the recent production of King Lear presented by the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) and the Donmar Warehouse Theatre of London England Seeing Derek Jacobi ‘s rendition of King Lear is a rewarding experience and seeing … Continue reading
Robert Gates – a leader for our times
In today’s WSJ (6/20/2011) the Managing & Careers section features a story about the defense secretary and his tenure leading the department. What is most striking is Gate’s adaptability, humility and his realistic expectations of others. When he first took … Continue reading
Raise Above It or Stay In It?
A client truly has an impossible job in that he does not have adequate talent with his department to execute work, does not have a supportive manager, continually is pressed to delivery faster better work and is monitored to ensure … Continue reading
Conflict anyone?
One trait that seems to afflict a majority of managers is avoiding conflict. Conflict is inevitable and can be just the beginning of some valuable interaction. Yet why do so many avoid it? The wish to be liked, fantasies of … Continue reading