It's only with the Practice of Leadership that we Change our World!
Photo by dinimueter Tony Mayo, co-author of “In Their Time: The Greatest Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century“, discusses the importance of contextual intelligence for leaders. In his post Tony Mayo describes the importance of context for leaders…. “Yes, business leaders need to have certain personal characteristics to be successful, but it is often the [...]
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Photo by joshuamckenty One of the critical leadership capabilities required today is sensemaking, which is defined by Wikipedia as: “..the ability or attempt to make sense of an ambiguous situation. More exactly, sensemaking is the process of creating situational awareness and understanding in situations of high complexity or uncertainty in order to make decisions.” The [...]
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Photo by dpstyles™ The need for effective “social architectures” within organisation is critical if we are too ensure that we develop future leaders, to drive innovation and to create an organisation that has a great legacy. If we examine our leadership, I’m sure we’ll find that meetings are where we do much, if not most, [...]
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The article titled “Leading for the Next Act: Why CEOs Must Evolve or Step Aside“ published in Knowledge@Wharton provides an interesting discussion concerning the need for leaders to change their leadership style to fit that challenges facing their organisations. “The secret to long-term CEO success, suggests David Nadler, a consultant to boards and senior executives, is conceiving of [...]
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Photo by h.koppdelaney The Functioning Form blog has a post Lessons From The Tipping Point that really got me thinking about the leader’s role in setting and shaping the organisational context. The post provides a very good summary of Malcolm Gladwell’s book “The Tipping Point“. The post summarises from the book “The Power of Context” [...]
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