Leadership is more important than ever before, yet true leaders are in short supply. There is a huge crisis of confidence in leaders. Since the financial crash of 2008, distrust in leaders has dramatically increased. Only one-third of people trust leaders.
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One of the advantages to studying leadership through the lens of fiction is that fictional characters often exist in intense environments, where the stakes are high. Fiction works at the top of the performance game: It aims to hook the reader or viewer.
Volumes of books, papers, articles and dissertations attempt to define effective leadership. In my experience and personal practice, the difference between an effective leader and a disaster revolves around the intangible aspects of leadership.
Most leaders think their department is civil, but only about half of their department’s employees feel the same way. And if leaders aren’t noticing the unhealthy environment, they won’t work to fix it.
When your team is faced with adversity, see challenges not roadblocks, be ruled by hope instead of the fear of failure, and never wait for perfect conditions.
Inclusive leadership is the modern capability that encourages a company’s growth and success. It’s not just a “soft,” nice-to-have quality; it’s a requirement for leaders who motivate, empower and inspire people and develop long-lasting...
Leaders today should move away from an over-reliance on the one-sided communication that is characteristic of “command and control” to the language and behavior of connecting.
Servant leadership focuses on 10 specific characteristics: empathy, listening, awareness, healing, conceptualization, persuasion, stewardship, foresight, community-building and commitment to growth.
While there are many trainable leadership skills and tools in such core leadership competencies as strategic thinking, political alignment, smart communication and talent motivation, they do not, by themselves, produce effective leadership.
What does the Fourth Industrial Revolution mean for the people who lead organizations – and for the people who train them to do so?