On judgement, authority, and the exercise of leadership—as distinct from management, and rarely as tidy as the literature pretends.
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By leveraging the management tool of control to harness the energy released by the leadership tool of motivation, the informal leadership networks that arise can handle the greater demands that result from the organisational change process.
When Line Managers lack the hard skills of process design and implementation, the capacity to initiate changes in procedure, or the ability to write sound policy, and instead try to *lead* their team to success by hiring or co-opting other managers in the business to solve their problems, an engine
Informal leadership works best through small, closed ties of three people, combining trust and task focus. When ties are only bilateral or too numerous, informal leadership weakens and can undermine organisational effectiveness.
Informal leadership is most effective when conducted with a small number of closed ties (involving three people) and a mix of friendship- and task-orientated activities. When the ties are open (involving only two people) or become too numerous, informal leadership begins to break down and can hinder
A good CoS helps a leader achieve their potential in a sustainable way that delivers long term success when managing complex organisations.
As our adaptability mindset strengthens, resilience will also improve because individuals and teams are better equipped to absorb shocks today and use the energy to bounce forward into sustainable growth tomorrow.
When leadership is exerted in this form, organisations become increasingly accountable, agile, and autonomous — all the while operating at scale. At this point, an organisation can truly be described as 'purpose-driven' — a genuinely awesome competitive advantage.
This approach yields good, if imperfect, OKRs while advancing real management: pushing teams beyond comfort to learn, improve, and explore—driving meaningful transformation and unlocking organisational value.
By reframing the leadership models presented, propositions for managers can be advanced to enable better leadership of people with GenMe attitudes.
Given the obvious dichotomy in this approach to work generations, the practical implications for management are that the leadership theories many have encountered will struggle to provide solutions when it comes to developing coherent teams.
The Queen was an ever constant in a changeable and unpredictable world. Over seven decades, she was always there for us.
Those who rise to the top jobs, do so not because they are better leaders or have fewer blots on their copybook — it is because they are better able to shrug off criticism and weather the blistering attacks that are directed at all holders of public office.
Knowing this only shifts the problem from 'how' to 'when'. In other words, at what speed should the change management take place?
Bellowing preconceived ideas with ever increasing volume is seldom a path to organisational success and Vedic happiness.
Plato wrote of cardinal virtues and their importance in the character of a good city. It is tempting to pickup this theme in regards to leadership.