My ABC of teams
Sometimes people who work together form groups; sometimes they become teams – and there’s a difference. Over many years in leadership I have had the good fortune to work […]
Sometimes people who work together form groups; sometimes they become teams – and there’s a difference. Over many years in leadership I have had the good fortune to work […]
Conventional leadership wisdom counsels that the leader must have vision and that, when new to a position, incoming leaders should revisit the vision and values of the organisation. At interview, […]
OK, so the headline is there to attract attention, but attention-seeking aside, I do experience both those reactions, of shock and of horror, when I recall certain leadership practices I’ve […]
Blogging strikes me as something of a process. The initial foray into the art is having a go at posting that first blog…or maybe two or three. Exponents of the […]
Scepticism can be a useful attitude for a leader – the leader’s own scepticism about the latest fads and trends, and the scepticism of others, which, if attended to, can be […]
Practitioners are often urged to put theory into practice; to implement new approaches which have been derived from the testing of hypotheses and quality research. The encouragement is well-taken. But […]
A constant lament in schools and in workplaces in general is that there is no time – no time to implement changes, to generate new ideas, to engage in professional […]
The notion of success or failure seems to me a rather stark and simplistic way to view many endeavours. The term ‘failure’ has such uncompromising connotations, as if there were no redeeming […]
Leaders may exhibit different styles and take on different roles within a team, any of which necessarily impact on the way the team functions. The leader’s style. The literature […]
October 2, 2013 It’s difficult to imagine that any leaders would wish to be labeled as ‘unethical’ or regarded abusive of the power vested in them’. Leaders of today, well-versed […]