It's only with the Practice of Leadership that we Change our World!
Photo by kenteegardin The article “For This Guru, No Question Is Too Big” from the NY Times discusses the work of the best selling business author Jim Collins. Given the popularity of Jim Collins the article discussed how he allocates his time, which is as follows: “… in a corner of the white board [...]
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Photo by Thorne Enterprises I am busy reading the book “Just Enough Anxiety” by Robert Rosen, which proposes the following five tasks of leadership. Leadership: Successful leaders willingly travel into the unknown. Strategy: Successful leaders set an evolving course through ambiguity, complexity, and change. Engagement: Successful leaders inspire and challenge people to perform beyond their [...]
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Photo by Bombardier “Every leader should routinely keep a substantial portion of his or her time—I would say as much as 50 percent—unscheduled. … Only when you have substantial ’slop’ in your schedule—unscheduled time—will you have the space to reflect on what you are doing, learn from experience, and recover from your inevitable mistakes. Leaders [...]
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Extract from the Netflix “Reference Guide on our Freedom & Responsibility Culture” The shaping of culture is a critical leadership responsibility, as I have discussed on many occasions. One of the best examples of this is the observation made by Lou Gerstner, the former IBM CEO who is credited with IBM’sturnaround, in his book on [...]
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Photo by lorraine santana The post “Why Are Creative Leaders So Rare?” by Navi Radjou who reflects on Dr Kalam’s (former President of India) lecture titled “Creative Leadership in the Global Knowledge Economy” in which he articulates the following eight key tenets of creative leadership. The leader must have a vision for the organization The [...]
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