Leading in difficult times

Oct 24th

Everyone knows good leadership is more important than ever in difficult times. But what does it mean in practice?

How leaders behave is highly visible to the organisation, in ways they often don’t realise themselves, and has been shown to be by far the strongest influence on how employees behave.

What are leaders in Tesco doing while media headlines analyse its collapse? Chief executive Dave Lewis has resisted the standard new CEO default of unveiling a ‘magic bullet’ strategy. Instead, he’s selling off the company’s four corporate jets and travels by train instead of limo, saying, “There’s an opportunity to go back

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Old-fashioned leadership?

Aug 20th

 
A well-respected client has been moved temporarily into a COO role in a complex organisation.
I asked him how he was going to handle the new and wider range of accountabilities.
 
“Old- fashioned leadership, that’s what we need”, he said.

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