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Rebalancing Leadership for 2020 and Beyond
2020 will be a significant landmark for rebalancing and building leadership capacity for societal change and a sustainable future – globally and across the board (politics, business/organisations, and communities). In this context, rebalancing refers to the...
Ten Leadership Capabilities for 2018 and Beyond
Providing effective leadership while simultaneously building organizational leadership capability is crucial to any organization. As a highly contextualized practice, however, using the old leadership formula no longer works in the new context. The new market is...
Teaching Leadership and Ethics In Schools For A Brighter Future
As contemporary organisations face major challenges in building and leveraging from leadership capabilities, so is the challenge for schools to prepare our future leaders. Hence, the case for teaching leadership and ethics in schools is a compelling one. The...
Homage To A Great Leader – Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali’s leadership inspired millions of people inside and outside of the ring. His legacy will live forever! My Ali’s favourite quotes: He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. – Muhammad Ali Only a man who knows what it...
New Trends and Directions in Leadership Development – Interview with Sebastian Salicru
ScienceForWork: Moving HR Management from opinion-based arguments to evidence-based discussions Interview excerpt ____________________________________________________________________ What are some of the major challenges faced by the leadership industry today? At...
Leadership Development Best Practice – 14 Principles
In a recent leadership development (LD) impact evaluation study of a 10 year long program that had significant business impact, we identified 14 best practice principles. In our study we conducted external benchmarking by using a comparative analysis of LD best...
A Case of Global Leadership Development Best Practice
A Case of Global Leadership Development Best Practice My colleagues and I will be presenting ‘A Case of Global Leadership Development Best Practice’ at the International Leadership Association’s 17th Annual Global Conference: ‘Leading Across Borders and...
Collective Leadership: What, How and Why
As the world advances and economics and market forces change, organisations also need to adapt to those changes. Accordingly, organisational forms of leadership also need to evolve. This move towards new forms of leadership is now becoming an imperative in the...
Adaptive Leadership => Regulating the Heat!
Adaptive leadership is concerned with tackling challenges that, unlike technical problems which require known solutions or routine problem-solving practices to resolve, necessitate that the people involved change their ways. That’s right: nothing changes if people...
Leader vs Leadership Development: Does it really matter?
The distinction between ‘leader’ and ‘leadership’ development is much more than just semantics. The confusion between the two matters because this is a main contributor to the failure of many so-called ‘leadership development’ initiatives. A substantial body of...
Authority vs Leadership
Understanding the distinction between ‘authority’ and ‘leadership’ can deliver real results to the bottom line of any organisation. In my work, I treat leadership as both a critical business practice and a research discipline. This has led me to the following...
Innovation is Like Chocolate
Innovation is Like Chocolate: Everyone likes it, but not everyone knows how to make it To innovate effectively, organisations first need to get the ‘big picture’ right. They need to understand the need/problem/gap in the market (the WHY), and have a vision and...