Tools for Leadership in Times of Change
It’s all very well talking about ‘purpose’ and ‘values’ but we all have bills to pay, deadlines to meet, and coronavirus to avoid. Can we really live our lives with ‘purpose’ 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 is Continue Reading →
Some people believe that leaders need followers. We disagree. We believe that: True leaders create more leaders, not followers. Why is this? When times are stable, aligning the organisation around the Continue Reading →
A new Insight from Stanford Business School tells us something we probably already know: that when it’s difficult to predict the outcome, people become less likely to take risks. Researchers Continue Reading →
People sometimes ask why this book is called “The Churning”. There are three reasons. The first is because of the huge changes that are happening all around us, in technology, Continue Reading →
Every now and then it is important to reflect on the progress being made. Are we heading in the right direction? Are our key audiences understanding us in the ways we Continue Reading →
In this time of accelerating change we need a new approach to leading ourselves and others. Building the seven skills or competencies needed to achieve this will bring benefits on five Continue Reading →
Measurement is an important part of all our lives, both for defining our objectives and for evaluating our progress towards them. Antifragility might be harder to measure than some Continue Reading →
Becoming ‘antifragile’ is about more than just becoming resilient to change, it’s about knowing how to use stress and change to become stronger. That doesn’t happen overnight and it doesn’t Continue Reading →
Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was born to a relatively modest family, on a provincial island, far from the centres of power. But somehow he became one of the greatest military and political leaders Continue Reading →