So you successfully steered your business through the recession—a significant achievement which no doubt took a lot of courage, determination and energy, and probably involved a fair amount of …
Holding back evolution
Sometimes it’s tempting to try and hold back the process of change—we may think we are strong enough to hold it at bay. We may even be successful for a time. The trouble is... The forces of …
Can they speak the truth?
It’s striking how often middle level to senior people in organisations say they doubt the ordinary folk will feel safe speaking frankly about the business and what they see needs attention in front of …
How others see us, and what to do about it
How others see us is very important in determining our results and what happens in our lives. Many factors affect that, of course: Our track record and so on. However, a big part of it is how we see …
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Can we measure our influence?
When we set out to work on an issue on a large scale, it would be handy if we could discern the specific impact of our actions. It would be useful it we could determine how much of what we see …
Leadership isn’t always about teams
We tend to think of leadership in the context of leading teams, at least in connection with work we do. But it isn’t necessarily so. Yes, a leader’s role is often to build the necessary …
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