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Find the source… ‘Energy is contagious’ I wrote in my last blog. But where can we get it from? How can we increase our natural reserves in order to improve our leadership effectiveness? The first step is to find the source of our own personal energy....
Last week, the International Monetary Fund warned us that the industrialised world needs another ten years of spending cuts and tax increases to bring public finances under control. The next day, Lord Sugar swore at a BBC interviewer who questioned him...
In my last post, I talked about the erosion of trust in leaders. The current climate has caused many organisations to re-evaluate their strategic priorities and to change direction as a result. For this to work, employees need to be committed to the new...
We are now officially in the longest recession since modern records began in the 1950s - with little chance of recovery any time soon. Employees are being told to expect a long hard slog while the economy turns itself around. Yet while everyone else tightens...
Once upon a time, leaders didn’t have to worry too much about satisfying the requirements of different groups of individuals. Employees shared common expectations – usually focused on pay and job security. And most managers shared a traditionalist, autocratic...
When we emerge from recession and there is some space created by growth again, we are likely to see the return of the growing interest among leaders in engaging with people at a spiritual level as well as at the emotional and cognitive levels. Spiritual...
The annual Labour conference kicked off yesterday, the last conference before the next general election. For Gordon Brown, this conference represents both a tremendous challenge and a real opportunity. Labour is behind in the opinion polls and the party...