Research by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner branded as The Leadership Challenge® indicates that everyone can be a leader. It’s not about whether you were born or made a leader, but rather leadership is about ‘what you do with what you have’. Let’s dig further into those words: ‘it’s what you do with what ...
My facilitation experience has been extensive to say the least, across all levels of organizations; there’ really not much that I haven’t been asked to perform, or have not experienced in formal presentation terms. Yet each and every one has strengthened my facilitation kit gearing me up to face any unexpected reality. By writing ...
When you’re weary, feeling small, when tears are in your eyes, I’ll dry them all. I’m on your side, when times get rough and friends just can’t be found. Like ‘bridge over troubled water, I will lay me down. The all-time classic song from Simon and Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Waters, is likely to ...
It's 'goodbye' to expertise#Change ContextThe changing world requires true #leaders to face higher stakes, yield faster action, facilitate greater scope, design new shared ways and deploy within the realm of increased diversity. With such complex operational demands, it is simply not possible for one person to know or be everything and to facilitate success ...
Creating a Spirit of Community People feel more connected when their leaders provide appreciation and support for workplace contributions. In fact, nearly 90% of people feel a strong sense of team spirit when their leaders very frequently or almost always engage in this behavior. Conversely, less than a third of people feel a sense ...
Leaders inspire trust Trust is eroding rapidly in today’s world. Does that suggest leadership is too? The research from Kouzes and Posner indicates what makes a difference to people’s level of engagement in the workplace is how the people see their leaders behave! Less than two-tenths of 1% of engagement will be explained by ...
