“Dear Chris …I want to postpone our first session and my LPI until the autumn. I have not really had the chance to do much leadership recently, due to COVID …” I received this email from a new coaching client last week. It left me a little stunned. Unable to think of anything skilful […]
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I’ll focus on the three most frequently cited families of concerns and split this into what people reported, learned and what advice would they give others to improve their virtual leadership … What people reported. It’s fair to say most of us have found leadership over the last six months to be a challenge. Some […]
Read moreTHE GOOD Human kindness has been for me, the big winner. It has been the real upside of my experience of the COVID-19 lockdown. I have experienced so much more human kindness than has been normal for me. The surge in volunteering, calling friends and relations, donating, running family zoom quizzes, virtual dinner parties, […]
Read moreIt is particularly when facing hard times that we need strong leadership . It is therefore not surprising that it is in a crisis such as COVID19 that as a leader, you will come in for particular scrutiny. Paradoxically, it is also in a crisis that people who should be providing leadership tend to get […]
Read moreOur intention is to let your as leader know : You are probably not alone in the things you are worrying about. There are patterns of COVID-19 leadership emerging . It helps to talk it through! The most frequently raised topics on the leadership helpline are: – Fear of loss of control. – The difficulty […]
Read moreI used to work with Tom Peters, the business guru and author of more than 20 books on business excellence. My job then was to help people implement the ideas Tom wrote and spoke about. In many ways, it still is … What I learned was that ‘change’ is not a process. It is a […]
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The summer break can mean relaxing in the sun (weather permitting), a staycation (complete with DIY), or a full-blown globe-trotting adventure. However you choose to enjoy yourself, this is also a good time for reflection on the year so far. Perhaps your thoughts are drifting to challenges like: Maintaining momentum in the face of the […]
Read moreAn organisation’s success never rests on one set of shoulders; P.T. Barnum wouldn’t have lasted long on the trapeze. Leaders set the tone for their environment and have faith that others can do their bit. Do you want a space where people cling to their comfort zones, never thinking above their pay grade? Or do […]
Read moreBusiness booms when it’s more than just business as usual. Remember the joy you felt when you started making a living from something you love? Top leaders stir that same emotional response in their teams, turning them into communities. This is Encouraging the Heart, the fifth Practice of Exemplary Leadership explored in The Leadership Challenge. […]
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The best leaders have the courage to discard the obsolete. But that doesn’t make them wrecking balls who go about trying to fix what isn’t broken. Exemplary leadership walks a thin line, shaking things up to create order from the chaos surrounding us. We call this Challenging the Process, one of the Five Practices of […]
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