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…
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…
“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,…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…