Resources filed under leadership development
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Creating a successful safety leadership campaign
Virginia Merritt takes us on the infrastructure company’s four-year journey toward achieving Zero Harm Safety at its job sites around the world.
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Leadership in Times of Uncertainty
This whitepaper is sparked by a dinner discussion, facilitated by Stanton Marris and hosted by Addleshaw Goddard in November 2010 with participants from a number of financial service businesses with the theme Have our leaders led us down the garden path and how do we get back up again?
Read this report "Leadership in Times of Uncertainty"Q: I've been asked to build a leadership framework - but which model is the best one to use to help senior managers raise their game?
A: Leadership has fashions like everything else. The charismatic leader – the cult of the single strong personality – gave way in the 2001 Collins and Porras best-seller ‘Good to Great’ to the quiet leader – someone who doesn’t seek personal glory but makes things happen behind the scenes.Read this article "I've been asked to build a leadership framework - but which model is the best one to use to help senior managers raise their game?"
Q: As a senior manager I keep getting told I need to be more visible; I don’t see what more I can do. What do you suggest?
A: Firstly, who is telling you to be more visible? Visibility of senior managers , like communications are factors that surveys show are always in deficit in organisations. And usually they stand for something else. So ask yourself what is going on round here that makes people say they want to see more of me. Secondly, and perhaps inconveniently for you, face to face communication with your staff is essential. No-one has ever experienced motivating leadership from all staff emails and occasional ‘school assemblies’Read this article "As a senior manager I keep getting told I need to be more visible; I don’t see what more I can do. What do you suggest?"
Drive vs. bullying at work
With the recent media storm surrounding Gordon Brown's alleged temper outbursts, it makes one wonder, what is acceptable behaviour at work? and when did having a 'fire in your belly' become a negative?
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Choosing your trusted advisor
In honour of the great David Maister, who has just announced his retirement, we look at one of his much used concepts 'the trusted advisor' and find out how to choose one that's right for you.
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Q: How do I handle the difficult situation of telling an executive team colleague that he is simply not delivering what we need from him or his function, yet I want to help him be successful in his leadership role?
A: A tricky one. Firstly, banish the idea of ‘telling’ him what you think – you have to find a way to help him see for himself what is going on and what contribution he needs to make. How can you do that?Read this article "How do I handle the difficult situation of telling an executive team colleague that he is simply not delivering what we need from him or his function, yet I want to help him be successful in his leadership role?"
Leading beyond boundaries: leadership in local government
Leaders at all levels shape your organisational culture. They do this by what they pay attention to, the behaviour they role model, and the behaviour in others that they value. Leadership development must be tailored to the needs of both the sector and the unique local features of each authority. In this report, we explore what works and what doesn’t.
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Getting the most from departmental Boards
New Board structures have sprung into existence all across Whitehall. Some work well; others are ineffective, lack strong team leadership, with the key decisions being taken elsewhere. Andrew Jackson, talks to leading civil servants and non-executive directors to explore just how Boards can live up to their promise.
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Issue 07: holding on and letting go
We explore one of the most difficult questions for leaders: what to hold on to in order to keep the organisation on track, what to let go of so that the organisation can discover better pathways. Issue 07 includes client stories on PC World, Balfour Beatty Rail and Birmingham City Council, and chapters on the controlling leader, the enabling leader and leading on principle.
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