by Kate Mercer | Jun 14, 2015 | Team Development
Though not a fan of war, I was shown this speech recently and was struck by the underlying courage, dignity and respect for humanity shown by the speaker, Lt. Col. Tim Collins, commander of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Irish, as he summed up the task for the British...
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 7, 2015 | Leadership, Organisation Culture
We came across this recent article by Jose-Pedro Martinez at Blue Steps on implementing successful change management through communication and which is worth posting: Have you ever been a part of a company’s failed attempt to boost quality, merge with another company,...
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 | May 24, 2015 | Leadership
Being an effective communicator is a crucial leadership skill. An entire group, company or organisation will rise or fall to the communication standards of its leaders. A 2009 study by Siemens Communications and SIS International Research found that a company with 100...
