Archive for the ‘Living Organisation’ Category

Examine the Dark Side of your Leadership

Since working with leaders during the stressful period over the last 18 months, I’ve become interested in research that suggests your key strengths as a leader may well have a mirror image that produce major flaws in your style of leadership. Research by Hogan and others (2007) […]

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Leading with Loyalty and Betrayal

Many leaders measure their effectiveness by examining the loyalty of their people. They see it as a key ingredient for their success. When they perceive their employees to be disloyal, they feel let down, and even betrayed. Indeed, they might feel as if they have failed in […]

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In praise of the Incomplete Leader

“Be a good leader. Be incomplete. Don’t be perfect, don’t even try…………” There is evidence that the best leaders are distinctly far from perfect and simply incomplete. When I look at my personal skills, this is the best news I’ve heard in some time! An older article […]

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Coping with an uncertain future

From my research and work with successful organisations, I have isolated four key characteristics to cope successfully with uncertainty: 1. Developing a growth and learning mindset A growth and learning mindset can set up a virtuous cycle. The key elements of this include:  Treating every day as […]

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Is good leadership a feminine thing?

Something different is happening You’d have to be asleep not to notice that conditions have changed – and times have become far more volatile and uncertain. Some observers have even proclaimed that it is now the “end of business as usual”. These are clearly challenging times for […]

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