by Kate Mercer | Jun 8, 2015 | Team Development
Following on from our post last week on authentic leadership, here’s a great guest blog by Brian Bacon from Brian Bacon on Leadership: Anne Frank chronicled in her diary in 1943, “The good news is that you really don’t know how great you can be, how...
by Kate Mercer | Jun 5, 2015 | Leadership
An article in the Harvard Business Review entitled ‘Authentic Leadership Can Be Bad Leadership’ made the point that you can use authenticity as an excuse for all kinds of bad behaviour, based on your ‘lower’ rather than your higher self! This is so true. Many years...
by Kate Mercer | Apr 19, 2015 | Leadership
I don’t know who this poem is by, but it makes a very telling point. If you look at ‘how you act and how you live’, how would an observer judge you as a leader? I’d rather watch a leader, than hear one any day.I’d rather have one walk with me, than...
by Kate Mercer | Apr 13, 2015 | Leadership
Living in the moment is all about living like there’s no tomorrow. It takes practice but in the end, you’ll lead a fuller life. To do this you must realise beauty in every moment, and in everyday activities. This is your life. Now live! Steps to living...
by Kate Mercer | Feb 20, 2015 | Leadership
Thomas Friedman of the New York Times wrote about the film “Invictus” and how Nelson Mandela early in his term as South Africa’s president engaged the country’s Rugby team, the Springboks, on a campaign to win the Rugby World Cup. His objective was to...
