Questions are the answer As leaders, we often feel the pressure to provide answers, but I’ve learned (sometimes the hard way!) that …
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The power of a culture of candour Which reality are you seeing? Jack Welch, former CEO of GE, put it this way: …
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Disagreeing agreeably is a learned skill One of the most useful skills I learned during my time at Morgan Stanley was how …
Hint: You have no idea ‘Every leader needs a fool’, says management thinker Manfred Kets de Vries. De Vries’s fool is someone …
One of the most positive and constructive Stakeholder Insight reports I’ve compiled was also one of the worst received. My client, N, …
In my work, I see many leaders getting sucked into ‘doing’ tasks when their real job is to ‘define’ the work and …
Effective delegation comes up again and again as a stumbling block for leaders. When done right, delegation makes your life a whole …
Anyone who isn’t embarrassed by who they were last year probably isn’t learning enough. So says philosopher Alain De Botton. But how …
When you are faced with difficult decisions, a simple and effective approach is to separate the decision from the implementation. This allows you to catch …
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Well-intended leaders being ‘too responsible’ is something I frequently come across. This is when the positive leadership trait of responsibility is overplayed, and …