It started as an overheard conversation in Delhi, India and ended up as an unforgettable day in London, England. Specifically, Wembley stadium. The over-heard conversation was between delegates on a leadership programme in which I was involved. They were chatting about how one of their number had tickets for the soon to be played FA [...]
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INVITATIONAL LEADERSHIP – a Model for the Future
Introduction: Proposing future models is always going to be a risky business. Of course, get it right and one is potentially elevated to “guru” status and placed among the Nostrodamus and Faith Popcorn’s of the world. British management writer / broadcaster / economist, Charles Handy has said that we need to expend energy attempting to [...]
Trust Matters
In a technological age of instant, easy and cheap communication speaking to one another has never been easier. Why, just in a few hours I am scheduled to be in a skype conference call that links Hong Kong, Boston and Durban! So although it has never been easier to connect, knowing who to connect with [...]
The Hidden Work Leaders Need To Do
Kurt Lewin’s well known maxim states: There is nothing so practical as a good theory. Most leaders I know, when it comes to leading people are somewhat thin when it comes to the theory side of things. Most lead others based on their own experience of having been led – where often the, ‘how not [...]
From the Balcony?
Ron Heifitz of Harvard makes the distinction between the ‘dance-floor’ and the ‘balcony’. For leaders, being on the dance-floor is often more inviting and comfortable than being on the balcony. Why? Well, it was on the dance-floor where they first got noticed; it is on the dance-floor where they excelled; it is on the dance-floor [...]
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