Tools for Leadership in Times of Change
In this time of change, when we have so many urgent issues to address, investing the time to get clear on our long term purpose and values can seem like Continue Reading →
McKinsey Quarterly recently talked to Tom Peters about how best to lead the 21st-century organisation. The long-time management guru had several very interesting things to say: On Automation: “I really Continue Reading →
A time of change can make our lives seem difficult. But it also brings us opportunities. We can understand this more deeply when we realise four things. The first is Continue Reading →
It’s all very well talking about purpose and values, but we all have bills to pay and deadlines to meet. Is it really possible to live our lives with purpose and 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 describes how anyone Continue Reading →
It is important for us to pause from time to time and reflect on the progress we are making. Are we still heading in the right direction? Are we being understood Continue Reading →
Some people believe that leaders need followers. We disagree. We believe that: True leaders create more leaders, not followers. When times are stable, having an organisation under the direction of one Continue Reading →
A new study from Stanford Business School tells us something we probably already know: when people can’t predict what is going to happen they tend to become more cautious. Researchers Continue Reading →
People often ask me why this book is called The Churning. I tell them there are three reasons. The first is the churning that is happening all around us: the Continue Reading →
This time of change that we are living through is calling on us to develop a new approach to leading ourselves and other people. When we do this, it will Continue Reading →