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June 11, 2016 Teaching Leadership and Ethics In Schools For A Brighter Future

As contemporary organisations face major challenges in building and leveraging from leadership capabilities, so is the challenge for schools to prepare our future leaders. Hence, the case for teaching leadership and ethics in schools is a compelling one. The Relevance Leadership Leadership means different things to different people including both practitioners and researchers – there […]

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June 11, 2016 Homage To A Great Leader – Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali’s leadership inspired millions of people inside and outside of the ring. His legacy will live forever! My Ali’s favourite quotes: He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. – Muhammad Ali Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to […]

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January 7, 2016 New Trends and Directions in Leadership Development – Interview with Sebastian Salicru

ScienceForWork: Moving HR Management from opinion-based arguments to evidence-based discussions   Interview excerpt ____________________________________________________________________ What are some of the major challenges faced by the leadership industry today? At the highest level, the single most critical challenge faced by the leadership industry today is that we have been unable to build the leadership capacity we need […]

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December 11, 2015 Leadership Development Best Practice – 14 Principles

In a recent leadership development (LD) impact evaluation study of a 10 year long program that had significant business impact, we identified 14 best practice principles. In our study we conducted external benchmarking by using a comparative analysis of LD best practice currently in use by industry globally. We also analysed primary data (interviews, direct […]

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August 27, 2015 A Case of Global Leadership Development Best Practice

A Case of Global Leadership Development Best Practice My colleagues and I will be presenting ‘A Case of Global Leadership Development Best Practice’ at the International Leadership Association’s 17th Annual Global Conference: ‘Leading Across Borders and Generations’ on October 14-17, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. Our presentation will be an opportunity to share, among other things, […]

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August 18, 2015 Collective Leadership: What, How and Why

As the world advances and economics and market forces change, organisations also need to adapt to those changes. Accordingly, organisational forms of leadership also need to evolve. This move towards new forms of leadership is now becoming an imperative in the strategic agenda of organisations that want to achieve their ambitions, or just survive. What […]

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August 15, 2015 Adaptive Leadership => Regulating the Heat!

Adaptive leadership is concerned with tackling challenges that, unlike technical problems which require known solutions or routine problem-solving practices to resolve, necessitate that the people involved change their ways. That’s right: nothing changes if people (YOU) don’t change first! This requires a good understanding of the human dimensions of change. “Solutions to adaptive challenges reside […]

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August 6, 2015 Leader vs Leadership Development: Does it really matter?

The distinction between ‘leader’ and ‘leadership’ development is much more than just semantics. The confusion between the two matters because this is a main contributor to the failure of many so-called ‘leadership development’ initiatives. A substantial body of research indicates that leadership development determines organisational performance and success (e.g. Charan, Drotter & Noel, 2001). Regrettably, […]

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July 28, 2015 Authority vs Leadership

Understanding the distinction between ‘authority’ and ‘leadership’ can deliver real results to the bottom line of any organisation. In my work, I treat leadership as both a critical business practice and a research discipline. This has led me to the following observation. The distinction between ‘management’ and ‘leadership’, which was popularised by John Kotter and […]

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July 20, 2015 Innovation is Like Chocolate

Innovation is Like Chocolate: Everyone likes it, but not everyone knows how to make it To innovate effectively, organisations first need to get the ‘big picture’ right. They need to understand the need/problem/gap in the market (the WHY), and have a vision and strategy in place to resolve/fill it (the HOW). These days, there seems […]

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