by Amanda Baines | Jun 30, 2016 | Leadership
This article looks at the current crisis in politics and suggests 7 do’s and don’ts for leaders everywhere. Leadership in the political parties is currently in meltdown. Right now it feels like we’re in the middle of a rather surreal case study, and there are some...
by Amanda Baines | May 6, 2016 | Leadership
We will all have had some personal experience of following a ‘leader’. At a very early age our ‘leader’ may have been the primary school teacher who inspired us (or terrified us). Later in life it may be the CEO who runs the organisation where we work, or the...
by Kate Mercer | Feb 25, 2016 | Leadership, Organisation Culture
For the vast majority of people, collaboration is a matter of willingness, not ability. And unless there is a fundamental wish to collaborate, it won’t happen. When senior people in organisations tell their team leaders to work together, it will only happen if ‘they’...
by Amanda Baines | Jan 9, 2016 | Leadership
The ability to continually create leadership breakthroughs is more critical than ever in today’s rapidly changing business world. Yet in the daily hubbub of running your business, do you stop to think about what it takes to achieve and maintain breakthrough...
by Amanda Baines | Dec 13, 2015 | Leadership
An inspiring post today from Neil Crofts about how influence lies at the very heart of leadership: One of the frequent challenges I hear in leadership development sessions is that even after they have agreed something as a team, people want to renegotiate or that a...
