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Work Foundation finds link between outstanding company performance and people-centred leadership

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On the real work of leaders..

Too many leadership scholars and executives are obsessed by a pointless question: Are leaders born, or are they made?….Leadership might be learnable. But instead of taking comfort in the idea that you can develop, wake up to the soberin
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Survey results: Centered leadership through the crisis

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Seth Godin on why there are not more leaders

In Seth Godin’s recent book Tribes (2008) he notes the following reasons that there seem to be few leaders in the workplace. Read this snippet:
Leadership is scarce becau

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Blast from the academy on top pay

Chris Bones, the dean of Henley Business School, has just written this interesting article on leadership for The Economist. Note in particular his recommendation that no chief executive should receive a salary which is more than 20 times larger than… carry on reading.

The Natural Authority that Comes From Being Authentic

A thoughtful framework from which to view leadership was revealed in an interview and presented in Leading for Success by Andr… carry on reading.

Toxic Leadership (more…)

Destructive, unethical leaders are focused on visible short-term accomplishment. They provide superiors with impressive, articulate presentations and enthusiastic responses. But they are unconcerned about, or oblivious to
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Aesthetic experiences

There is a small but significant interest in the aesthetic and its connection to leadership. This most often appears as ‘creativity’ and ‘innovation’. It is included in writings and workshops on the competencies and the c
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Why Leadership Is The Next Global Frontier

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LEADERSHIP IS ALL ABOUT TIMING

There have been many books written on the subject of Leadership. One aspect of leadership is that it is often all about timing, being in the right place at the right time (and similarly being in the wrong place at the wro
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Reflective, Risk-taking Leaders

The views expressed here are my own, based on my perceptions.
I have written elsewhere in this blog about leadership and my diffident attitude towards it. I recoil from people who would set themselves up as leaders while recognising that vi… carry on reading.

Mersey Care Health Trust: An example of distributed leadership

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Is there anything new in Leadership?

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Leadership for a New Era

“You cannot solve problems with the same level of consciousness that was used to create them.”
–Albert Einstein

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New resource on leadership networks

Claire Reinelt and I have just turned our paper “SNA and the Evaluation of Leadership Networks” (to appear in Leadership Quarte… carry on reading.

New resource on leadership networks

Claire Reinelt and I have just turned our paper “SNA and the Evaluation of Leadership Networks” (to appear in Leadership Quarte… carry on reading.