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 17, 2015 | Leadership
We were sent this thought a little while ago by Neil Crofts, founder of Authentic Business, and decided to pass it on: It is very tempting to hide behind the mask of prudence, to temper our efforts with caution, to avoid exposure to risk or danger. And not just...
by Kate Mercer | May 11, 2015 | Leadership
We all face conflict at work. Reactions range from ‘ostrich-like’ avoidance at one extreme to ‘just losing it’ at the other. Here’s a framework to help you move from conflict to consensus. First, it’s useful to distinguish two aspects and deal with these differently:...
