Tag Archives: 21st Century leadership

Influencer: The New Science of Leading Change

Posted by Hardy GroupPosted on October 30, 2014 Book Reviews, HGI Insight, Leadership21st Century leadership, influencing others

Influencer: The New Science of Leading Change by Joseph Grenny; Kerry Patterson; David Maxfield; Ren McMillan; Al Switzler ISBN: 9780071808866 Review by Tara Rivkin Stephen Covey sums this book up when he says: “Whether you are…

ABCs for sustainable leadership

Posted by Hardy GroupPosted on March 26, 2014 HGI Insight, Leadership, Management21st Century leadership, Krav Maga

By Michael Guerriero “Thwap! Thud! Pshhh!” Are the sounds made while striking the bag made for a beating. The class instructor calls “Attack!”. As I strike the bag, an “attacker” comes at me from the side…

Book Review: Margaret Wheatley’s ‘Leadership and the New Science”

Posted by Hardy GroupPosted on May 30, 2013 Book Reviews, HGI Insight, Leadership21st Century leadership

“Curiosity, not certainty, becomes the saving grace,” management professor and consultant Margaret Wheatley writes in her seminal book, Leadership and the New Science. Indeed, she delves into complex science to inform her own, and in turn,…

Tapping the talent pool of high potential leaders: Creating a road map for success

Posted by Hardy GroupPosted on February 21, 2013 HGI Insight, Leadership, Learning, Organisational Culture, Strategy, Talent Management21st Century leadership, authentic leadership, core capabilities, Health Leaders, High performance, leadership talent, organisational success

Next generation leaders will face a more complex range of challenges and must develop capacity to lead responsibly. There are many new challenges that leaders must adapt to in order to guide through unchartered waters. Individuals…

Inspiring Innovation – Pushing Beyond Your Comfort Zone to Achieve the Impossible

Posted by Hardy GroupPosted on January 31, 2013 Innovation, Leadership21st Century leadership, High performance, innovation, Leadership development

Successful innovation flourishes with good leadership that unleashes the potential in both themselves and others. High impact leaders challenge themselves and others to see and achieve beyond expectations. They do this by building trust, building engagement…

Shaping 2013 to leverage opportunities

Posted by Hardy GroupPosted on January 8, 2013 Global issues, Innovation, Leadership, Resource Utilisation, Social Media21st Century leadership, High performance, innovation, knowledge, partnering, resource scarcity

For leaders and businesses wanting to stay ahead and shape the 2013 they want, there is one critical ability above all others that will count. In a continuing context that will be both unpredictable and unstable,…

High performance is just as much about the pace of leveraging your capabilities as it is about possessing the right capabilities

Posted by Hardy GroupPosted on December 14, 2012 Leadership21st Century leadership, Creating value, Health Leaders, Health LEADS, High performance, Leadership development, Leveraging capabilities

The Health LEADS capabilities released last week for comment reflect what’s required for leadership success – however, this is the century where high performance is just as much about the pace of leveraging your capabilities as…

The meeting of heart and head: the imperative of emotional intelligence in 21st century leaders

Posted by Hardy GroupPosted on December 13, 2012 Emotional Intelligence, HGI Insight, Leadership, Talent Management21st Century leadership, diverse workforces, Emotional intelligence, employee empowerment, transformational leadership

There has been a leadership paradigm shift from top-down management to the leader as mentor, motivator, facilitator and collaborator. In an economically and ecologically fraught new era, is emotional intelligence in conjunction with cognitive intelligence an…

Where is the next generation of leaders?

Posted by Hardy GroupPosted on December 4, 2012 Leadership, Recruitment21st Century leadership, job fit, Leadership development, leadership skills, next generation, talent

Systems have run down their stock of leadership talent over the last 15-20 years. The leadership development surge slowed down 15 years ago as other priorities came the fore. This has left us with a slow…