by Kate Mercer | Aug 7, 2015 | Leadership
A natural consequence of believing leadership myths 1 and 2 – that it requires special qualities, skills, expertise and knowledge to be a leader today – is that there appears to be a shortage of the right kind of people. Andif you believe that leadership...
by Kate Mercer | Aug 5, 2015 | Leadership
In coaching clients on leadership we’ve noticed an early sticking point. Though people give different reasons, there’s a common theme: at this point, they are resisting ‘stepping up’ to leadership. Of course, they don’t accept that it’s resistance; from where they...
by Kate Mercer | Jul 29, 2015 | Leadership
It’s easy to assume that the leaders you admire are effective and successful because of their experience,expertise and knowledge – but this isn’t necessarily so. In everyday life, you draw on two sources of knowledge and information to get through. One source consists...
by Kate Mercer | Jul 27, 2015 | Organisation Culture
“They all want a pay rise – but we’re not making enough money.” “Nobody documents anything – we fly by the seat of our pants.” “I never know what’s going on until it’s an emergency.” Do you sometimes feel like this? There comes a point in an organisation’s early...
by Kate Mercer | Jul 26, 2015 | Leadership
It’s a commonly held view that people either “have what it takes” to be a leader or they don’t – they are born with certain characteristics which fit them to be a leader, and if they don’t have these characteristics, they’ll never make the grade. If...
