How you listen is your most important leadership competency
I met with an executive management team recently to discuss their commitment to developing themselves as a high performing team. During that discussion, one of the executives responded to something another executive had said and their response left me thinking that they had heard something very different to what I had heard. It was pretty […]
Leadership teams – the leadership development focus of the future
The qualities of organisational leadership have evolved considerably since the command and control model that reigned up until the middle of the 20th century but in reading Peter Wilson’s second edition of ‘Make Mentoring Work’ today I was educated about what the catalyst for the most recent evolution was. Peter explains: “as new international powers […]
Symbiosis, fusion and interconnectedness – Why?
There is a big difference between a team of champions and a championship team. That difference is very hard to pin down, let alone create, but I think it has to do with these 3 things – symbiosis, fusion and interconnectedness. The dictionary defines symbiosis as ‘a mutually beneficial relationship between different people or groups’; […]
Personal Accountability – How do you rate?
People being accountable rates as one of the most important development outcomes in the work we do with organisations. Its importance to business results cannot be overstated as it underpins both personal and organisational effectiveness. In his book on Accountability: The key to driving a high performance culture, Greg Bustin says “ If accountability is […]