Free resource: Leadership opinion from Angus McLeod
For our free resource this month TZ welcomes Angus McLeod Associates, who give us their opinion on leadership matters, tackling qustions such as how do you embed a leadership culture in the workplace and can leadership be learnt? Angus McLeod Associates has been supplying coaches, executive training and elearning solutions to numerous satisfied customers for […]
Five questions to ask before taking on a coaching and development project
Do you need coaching in your organisation? James Pentreath thinks you need to ask a few key questions before you do dive in there. The benefits of developing the talents of business leaders, managers and team members within a company have been well-documented, and in a perfect world money would be thrown at training companies […]
The leadership interview: Grady McGonagill
This month on leadership, Mike Levy talks to Grady McGonagill, author of the report ‘The Leadership Implications of the Evolving Web’. How is the web affecting the leaders of today, and tomorrow? That was the brief given to Grady McGonagill, a Boston-based leadership coach, thinker and author. The purpose of his recently published study was […]
The three Cs of defining and implementing a vision
Do you have a vision for your organisation? If you’re struggling, Jo Lord can help you with that. Research into why businesses succeed or fail reveals that the presence (or lack of) a clear and shared vision is often at the top of the list. A compelling vision is one that captures the organisation’s core […]
The sacrifices of a leader
Leadership. Do you have what it takes? Gregg Thompson tells us to wake up and smell the coffee. Forget the notion that you will be idolised, universally admired and richly rewarded. When you choose to become a leader, you are choosing a road plagued with failure, disappointment, confusion and resentment. Your best decisions will be […]
Caption competition
This month’s winning caption: It wasn’t what Norman meant when he said he’d quite like a Rover… Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Photo credit: David McEnery/Rex Features Congratulations to Rachel Woods who has won this month’s caption competition! A bottle of wine will be winging its way to you. In order […]
Is your management style premier league? part 2
Ten premiership managers, ten different management styles. Melanie Wombwell continues her assessment. Roy Hodgson – Formerly at Liverpool Collaborative Hodgson has earned the nickname ‘the nicest man in football.’ He doesn’t like indiscipline on the field which was reflected in Fulham (a previous club of his) ranking third in the Fair Play league table at […]
The leadership interview: Jerome Wargnier
How do leaders ever learn? Jerome Wargnier has considered this question over the last 20 years. The Paris-based director of business consulting at CrossKnowledge is currently working on a whitepaper on this very subject. Working with Charles Jennings, the paper will be entitled ‘Effective Learning for the Extended Enterprise’ and will look at how learning […]
Caption competition
This month’s winning caption: Nelly and Dumbo decided it was time to discuss the ‘human in the room’. Photo credit: Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Haydon Jones/Rex Features Congratulations to Tony Elliott who has won this month’s caption competition! A bottle of wine will be winging its way to you. In order […]
Leading through healthy selfishness
How do you lead stressed employees? Steve Knight says you have to get your own house in order before you can help others. In today’s productivity-obsessed and cost conscious workplaces, many employees are feeling emotionally disengaged from their organisation. Who can blame them? They’re rarely involved or considered in decision making. In fact, they’re almost […]
The seven facets of leadership pt 7b: Group orientation
In the final part of the series, Spencer Holmes describes a new approach to the development of project managers to meet the current challenges of organisations in all sectors. This week: Group orientation. To read part 7a, click here What are we observing in project land? As mentioned in earlier articles, many of us fell […]
The seven facets of leadership pt 6: Motivation
In part 6 of a series, Spencer Holmes describes a new approach to the development of project managers to meet the current challenges of organisations in all sectors. This week: Motivation. This week we look at the topic of motivation as it relates to project leadership. Maybe it’s the difference, ultimately, between project management and […]
Caption competition
This month’s winning caption: Sadly, 8 out of 10 CEO’s thought that this was the Training Cycle their organisation used. Photo credit: Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Carol Norman/Rex Features Congratulations to Garry Platt who has won this month’s caption competition! A bottle of wine will be winging its way to […]
The seven facets of leadership pt 5b: Communication
In part 5 of a series, Spencer Holmes describes a new approach to the development of project managers to meet the current challenges of organisations in all sectors. This week: Communication. Spotting timewasters and walking away This is a real challenge for the project manager who, in theory, often has no choice as to whether […]
Forget resolutions, try New Year’s aspirations
Hands up who’s made a few hollow New Year’s promises that have already been broken? Dan Hammond has a better idea. Happy New Year. Or is it? Our holiday reading was perhaps not as full of as much Christmas cheer as we would like: the papers tell us that 2011 will be a tough year […]
A tale of two leaders
Mark Loftus considers the tale of two similar CEOs and looks at how their style of leadership takes them on two differing paths. Colin and Peter are both CEOs of large organisations, one public sector and one private sector. For each it is their first CEO role and both have been brought in to turnaround […]
The seven facets of leadership pt 5a: Communication
In part 5 of a series, Spencer Holmes describes a new approach to the development of project managers to meet the current challenges of organisations in all sectors. This week: Communication. Most project managers score highly on our psychometric teston the ‘communicator’ facet. So how come, whenever we go into any organisation and start poking […]
The seven facets of leadership pt4: Stability
In part 4 of a series, Spencer Holmes describes a new approach to the development of project managers to meet the current challenges of organisations in all sectors. This week: Stability. Readers who know their trait psychology will recognise that with ‘stability’ we have selected the positive side for what is often referred to as […]
What does ‘leadership’ mean in 2011?
As projects continue to become more complex and teams more virtual over the coming year, developing the leadership skills of project managers will become increasing crucial to success, experts have warned. But according to Informa’s ESI International, a project management training and consultancy house, a key challenge for organisations will be to clearly define […]
Searching for the perfect boss
Millions of Brits are on the hunt for the ideal boss and are prepared to change jobs and even switch careers in their drive to find perfection. New research from First Direct reveals almost seven million (28%) workers have moved jobs in an attempt to find a better boss and improved working environment. So elusive is […]