With increasing worldwide usage of social networks, smartphones and on-the-go mobile technology, it now looks as if we have to live with transparency. Everything you and I do can and may be recorded and broadcast. How do you feel about this: nervous, trapped, outraged? Or calmly certain that whatever is published about you, your conscience is clear? It looks as if the only way to live authentically and with complete… read more →
Coming to realise what you are unaware of (or blind to) can be empowering and motivating to the teams you lead. It provides them with a space to add value and a space for the contribution of their strengths in confident vulnerability. It is the transparency and humbleness of the leader’s demonstration of confident vulnerability that creates room at the table for everyone to shine with their own contributions. Where… read more →
Here’s a post worth reading from Amanda Brooker at imaginasium.com on the clear strategies you need to focus on when you’re a new leader: Coming on board as the new leader of an organisation is both overwhelming and full of opportunity. Overwhelming because people with self-interests will be pounding at your door for attention while you’re still learning about the organization. Full of opportunity because you can move your newfound… read more →
One of the ways in which your business is defined is how you react when things go wrong. In an increasingly digital environment, transparency is inevitable, with the implication that you can no longer sweep mistakes under the carpet. Whilst we can learn how to use digital openness and its cousin, transparency, to make a positive impact on a business’ authenticity, it is also how we choose to respond when… read more →