Tools for Leadership in Times of Change
When McKinsey Quarterly interviewed long-time management guru Tom Peters he had a number of interesting things to say about leading the 21st-century organisation: On Automation: “I really do believe that the only Continue Reading →
A time of change can often bring unwanted emotions such as anger, frustration, fear, and sadness. Often we work hard to make these emotions go away. But with a different attitude, Continue Reading →
A time of change can make our lives seem difficult but it also brings us opportunities. Understanding this comes in three stages. The first is to realise that the whole Continue Reading →
Sometimes we are happy with the lives we are leading. Sometimes we feel dissatisfied — there is a gap between the person we are being and the person we want to become. It Continue Reading →
More than a hundred years ago, Leo Tolstoy wrote: “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” Now this article in McKinsey Quarterly discusses how anyone who Continue Reading →
For those who like to go a little deeper, this short video of Alan Watts explores some of the philosophical underpinnings of The Churning’s approach to Inner Leadership. We are living Continue Reading →
The focus of management looks outwards, at implementing the agreed plan. Managers focus on the results of what their people did yesterday, the actions they are taking today, and the Continue Reading →
This short film from 2014 describes how Russia’s President Putin (and others) have deliberately used disinformation and fake news to undermine people’s perception and understanding of the world. As the film explains, Continue Reading →
It’s all very well talking about ‘purpose’ and ‘values’ but we all have deadlines to meet and bills to pay. Can we really live our lives with ‘purpose’ and ‘meaning’? Two Continue Reading →
Some people believe that leaders need followers. Inner Leadership disagrees. We believe that: True leaders create more leaders, not followers. Followers are dependent — they need to be told what to Continue Reading →