Creating Enlightened Organisations
What do you think when you look at someone with immense personal power? Say Oprah Winfrey, or Nelson Mandela, or Jane Goodall, or Helen Clark, or Ghandi, or George Clooney, or Bill Gates? Someone who eschews confidence and wields influence? Someone who is humble and dedicated to making a difference? I’m sure you have a … Read more Power, Confidence and the Danger of Comparison
Leadership myths emerge because most of us experience ‘leadership’ for the first time in the workplace. We may have been ‘experiencing’ leadership all our lives – our parents, our teachers, our sports team captains… but until someone puts a label on it, we don’t know quite what it is. Consequently, our view of leadership was informed … Read more Five Leadership Myths and How They’ll Trip You Up
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” – from The Lorax, by Dr Seuss. Like many kids, I loved the rhythmic rhyming and colourful plays on language that litter the works of Dr Seuss. Much to my delight, my son loves his work too – so … Read more “…With a Head Full of Brains”: Dr Seuss on Leadership
What is a Servant Leader? Hierarchies grant positional power… Most organisations with more than a handful of employees have a hierarchy. It helps get things done – decisions are made, strategic directions are communicated, and performance expectations are set, managed and measured. Hierarchy, by definition, provides some employees with ‘positional power’: that is, the role that they occupy … Read more Leadership Insights: Alfred Adler & the Servant Leader