Insights

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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One more time with feeling – are there benefits in setting a vision for your organisation?

Many Australian CEOs are wary of setting grandiose strategic visions for their organisations. They don’t believe there is much value added to the business. And those that do use vision statements, often resort to rather generic statements like “being the best” or “creating shareholder value”. These don’t […]

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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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A QUESTION OF BALANCE

We talk often of the need for balance in the way that leaders and organisations approach change and innovation. Anne’s comments got me thinking about this issue over the last few days. We generally have a favourable view of the “balance” concept when we consider our everyday […]

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HOW CAN I BE A FUTURE BUILDER?

We spend a lot of time talking about the processes used in Future Building (like scenario planning and environmental scanning), but I was recently asked by a client “what do I have to do (or be) in order to become a Future Builder?” I have isolated four […]

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