With a new British Prime Minister and Governor of the Bank of England during the Covid Crisis we have two major institutions under new leadership in 2020. The question is how will they …
Nature of confidence: its impact on business
What has emerged this year with great clarity is that there are two forms of confidence governing business leadership behaviour – external and internal. Usually, it is external confidence that is …
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Leadership – New thinking and inevitable change
The idea that leadership by default be a centrist notion is already widely challenged. Command and control is seen to be less effective in the light of new industry management style and new …
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Leadership in organisations is usually doomed to fail
Since the recession, companies are hungrier than ever for strong leadership. Henley Business School reported that developing leadership skills was a top priority for 2500 HR and …
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Leaders under pressure: the implications
The first casualty of pressure is truth. Truth, really? When leaders are under too much pressure then they cease to be able to see reality and compound this with self-denial that they are in any …
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InfIuence without Authority
I am frequently faced with the challenges of leadership in organisations; the disempowered, the disenfranchised and the undermined people who struggle to get done what their apparent authority should …