What to do with a troublesome leader
Judith Germain advises on what to do when your general manager undergoes somewhat of a personality transformation. The dilemma The general manager of our organisation has five senior managers, and over the last year this general manager seems to have completely changed her personality to the point where none of the five senior managers trust […]
The Blowing of the wind…
Welcome back to the Rise & Shine blog I’ve learned so much from being on Redshift Radio with co-presenter Emma Foden, that it feels right to share it as part of this weeks blog To get you started this week I would like to share with you a quote from my good friend (and regular source […]
Leadership lessons from the Chilean miners’ rescue
Employers could learn a great deal from the ordeal and rescue of the trapped Chilean miners, says Bridget Biggar, of management engineering organisation Management Intelligence. "One of the most high-profile people crises of 2010 was turned into one of thebiggest successes of 2010 – and if organisations currently going through thestress of recession adopted the […]
Leadership Lessons: Perspective
In order to succeed it is essential to focus on the things that really make a difference, explains Sir George Cox, Chairman of the Board at Warwick Business School. It is imperative for leaders to adopt this attitude and to develop it within their teams and the Board to turn a situation around. "I think […]
Shankly remembered: Lessons from Liverpool
This month, Mark Loftus of the Thinking Partnership looks at the recent goings-on at Liverpool football Club, and what leaders can learn. It has been a good week. As a life-long Evertonian few experiences have been sweeter than that of watching Liverpool FC succumb to Everton FC in the derby. It was the icing on […]
Leadership lessons from the Ryder Cup
Continuing an exclusive series of articles offering leadership lessons from everyday life, Neil Twogood examines Colin Montgomerie’s role in the 2010 Ryder Cup. After torrential downpours, a change in format and an unprecedented fourth day of play, the 2010 Ryder Cup reached a nail-biting finale. A gritty fightback by the Americans took it down to […]
The leadership interview: Simon Cohen
In this month’s leadership interview, Mike Levy talks to Simon Cohen, CEO of global tolerance. The banking crisis and the subsequent global downturn have put the H word into the spotlight. According to Simon Cohen, that H stands for Honesty but it could also stand for a word you seldom hear in business life: Happiness. Cohen, a […]
Caption Competition
This month’s winning caption: “The local council responded to the CSR by reducing the size of their customer service staff” Congratulations to Lynn Hughes who has won this month’s caption competition! A bottle of wine will be winging its way to you. In order to enter our caption competitions you need to sign in […]
Leadership challenges in humanitarian sector
To tackle global challenges such as climate change effectively, international charities must improve their leadership-related talent and performance management processes and ensure that they work across interagency boundaries. Cath Everett reports. This is because, over the next decade, it will no longer be possible to deal with issues ranging from climate change to global insecurity, […]
L&D managers at a crossroads?
In response to a series of articles published earlier this year on TrainingZone, John Pope thinks we need to look at the fundamentals of leadership and management. Donald Taylor has recently written a series of three interesting articles on the training of managers. He emphasises how much more managers and knowledge workers now have to learn, […]
How knowing yourself helps you in leadership
Kieran Maloney examines what ‘inner resources’ and self-knowledge we can utilise to sustain leadership. With management and leadership the place to start is with yourself and self-management, or at least self-awareness. The situation is that if we cannot manage or be aware of ourselves, how can we manage or be aware of others? This is […]
Failure and adversity “key to leadership potential”
There is no substitute for failure when it comes to identifying and developing great leaders, according to research published yesterday by the Institute of Leadership & Management. The report, Creating Future Leaders, reveals that a quarter of employers (24%) look for candidates who have experienced failure and bounced back from difficult challenges when identifying their […]
CIPD: We must invest in leadership training
If the UK is to close the productivity gap with international competitors, the coalition government must focus expenditure on improving the country’s poor quality of management, an HR body has warned. In response to its Skills for Sustainable Growth consultation, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) urged the government to develop a […]
A leadership reflection: Today is tomorrow’s yesterday
In the first of a new series of articles offering lessons for leaders from everyday life, Alan Ward finds inspiration from an unlikely source. His moral for leaders is to embrace the present and not to let your past dictate or constrain your future. During my summer break, I was able to spend some time […]
Trust me, I’m a leader
Mark Loftus of The Thinking Partnership talks about why trusting your leaders is paramount to maintaining their -and their organisation's- integrity. Fiona Gammond and Georgia Howard-Merrill did win gold in the junior women's pair at the Youth Olympics and are now rapidly re-acclimatising to the normality of schoolwork, evening homework and university applications. Their winning […]
Leadership: Time to get it right
Eugene Gallagher addresses the issue of the general confusion surrounding the concept of leadership. A confusion resulting in organisations being unable to avail of the benefits that the exercise of leadership would bring to the enterprise. Over 25 years ago Warren Bennis described leadership as ‘the least understood phenomenon in the world’. Sadly it remains […]
Caption competition
This month’s winning caption: ‘Sister Mary wondered where the team building activity was leading‘ Photo credit: Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Courtesy Everett Collection/Rex Features Congratulations to Gaynor Hill who has won this month’s caption competition! A bottle of wine will be winging its way to you. In order to enter our […]
Leadership lessons from the world of jazz
Dan Hammond captures the leadership lessons from a seminar by Craig Scott from the Sydney Conservatorium. "There’s probably no better example of democracy than a jazz ensemble; individual freedom but with responsibility to the group." Michelle Obama made this statement earlier this year hosting a White House music series. Is it possible that a jazz […]
Judging potential
Mark Loftus highlights the three fallacies we need to be aware of when judging someone’s potential. By the time you read this, Britain’s women rowers may have added an Olympic gold to go alongside the gold they won at the World Championships earlier this month. Don’t worry, you haven’t overslept – it isn’t 2012 yet. […]
Managing nerves to deliver the goods
Do you get nervous before delivering an important presentation or when pitching for new business? William Winstone outlines several ways to keep those nerves at bay before the big day. In the world of sport psychology, some athletes are more prone to performance anxiety and nerves than others. And while in pure performance terms it […]