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A successful leader needs followers, and our political leaders don’t have as many as they used to. Major issues such as the banking crisis, the recession, the MPs’ expenses scandal and the UK’s involvement in overseas conflicts has undermined many people...
A major study on leadership was published recently by The Work Foundation. The two-year study, Exceeding Expectation: the principles of outstanding leadership , provides evidence that a people-centred approach to leadership results in outstanding performance...
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...