Emotional intelligence and leadership
I spent 2 days with a senior leadership team this week and as preparation for the workshop I had them take Simon Baron-Cohen’s (yes, he is related to Borat) ‘Mind in the Eyes’ Test. I came across this test in an article on research done by MIT’s Centre of Collective Intelligence into predicting team performance. […]
Changing bad leadership habits
Your habits are hardwired, literally. Your brain allows you to do things unconsciously so that you don’t have your attention on all the detail that’s involved in habitual behaviour. If you had to think about all the different elements of driving a car including all the adjustments required with changing conditions you probably wouldn’t have […]
Authentic Leaders – Why do we need them and what do they look like?
The communication and ‘connectedness’ explosion that has occurred over the last 20 years through the proliferation of social media and the resulting breakthrough in people’s access to information, has changed the landscape for leadership everywhere. This change, coupled with the retirement of the baby boomer generation from leadership positions over the coming 10 years, and […]
What’s happening with leadership in Australia?
Leadership of a country is undoubtedly a way more complex undertaking than leading a company and it is a matter that I have no experience in or deep relationship to. However, the convening of the recent National Reform Summit points to there being a concern in the wider community of Australian leaders about a lack […]