Tools for Leadership in Times of Change
Some people believe that in order to have leaders you must also have followers. Inner Leadership disagrees. We believe that: True leaders create more leaders, not followers. Followers are dependent — they need to Continue Reading →
In the short time since Inner Leadership was first published we have seen many unexpected changes: North Korea has emerged as a long range nuclear power (and then offered to give up Continue Reading →
Many years ago, a man and his son set off with their donkey, walking to market. On the way they passed through several villages. At the first village the people laughed at them. Continue Reading →
What do you do when a crisis hits? With Inner Leadership, your first step is to Centre yourself. Then you reconnect strongly with who you are at your best, so that Continue Reading →
To get us through this time of change we need a new approach to leadership. To find what that looks like, we have to ask ourselves a question: what do we Continue Reading →
Before the great explorers of old set out on their journeys they would always map what they knew about the territory they were about to enter: where was the water and Continue Reading →
The 50th anniversary of the first moon landing this year is a good reminder of the sixth key ingredient for creating inspiration: if you want to inspire people support you, then as Continue Reading →
Achieving our goals in a churning world requires different skills from achieving the same outcomes in a stable environment. What are these skills and how can we acquire them? One answer Continue Reading →
In times of change, there are three main reasons why people can sometimes find themselves stuck, even when the way forward is clear. Before we look at some tools for getting ourselves unstuck (1, Continue Reading →
When I was fairly fresh out of business school I was asked to prepare a strategic business plan for a half billion dollar pan-European technology services company. The industry was Continue Reading →
In his bestselling book Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Malcolm Gladwell explains how we all make assumptions, all the time. Sometimes we get them right and sometimes we Continue Reading →
Present-moment awareness is both the starting point and the ending point of inner leadership. In a world filled with political crises, demonstrations, wildfires, shootings, and floods it is easy to Continue Reading →