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 | 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 12, 2015 | Leadership
On Friday, we looked at the importance of having flexibility in your leadership style. In today’s post we discuss how to choose which style and when. Your decision about how to choose which leadership style depends on two factors: The Situation The more urgent,...
by Kate Mercer | Apr 10, 2015 | Leadership
A couple of weeks ago, we talked on the blog about the only leadership models you need in order to operate effectively in business. Following on from this, we now take a look at what makes a good leader, focusing here in the first of two posts on the importance of...
by Kate Mercer | Jan 21, 2015 | Leadership
You’ve got your vision, your passion, and your strategy and plan. So why is it that despite displaying appropriate leadership competencies, you sometimes fail? In practice, there is one factor that distinguishes success and failure in leadership: your...