The Neglected Work of Leadership

The Neglected Work of Leadership

The practice of leadership has many important facets and nuances. Strategic formation and implementation is often regarded as the ‘most important of all leadership responsibilities’ and it certainly is important. Strategy almost always forms a core part of the...
Leadership: Hearing the Music

Leadership: Hearing the Music

I remember reading a story about Mark Twain in Leonard Sweet’s excellent book, Summoned to Lead. The story goes that Twain had a bad habit of swearing, a habit that offended his wife’s sensibilities.  Having failed on numerous occasions to correct this distasteful...
Leadership: The Right Trap

Leadership: The Right Trap

There is a trap that leaders should work to avoid. Yet ironically, it is a trap that ensnares many a leader and one that they enter into willingly. It is the trap of being right. Being right? Isn’t that what good leaders do – get things right? Well, yes and no....