Douglas Conant articulates his very common-sense and caring approach to a leadership development programme he introduced and led to recover Campbell Soup Co’s “toxic culture” in 2001: I especially like the idea of making employees feel like they’re part of something special. I also love that as a… Read More Bold declarations . . .
In a lovely article – The psychology of leadership – Neil Fogarty shares some wise words: “Here are a few things leaders can do to develop: Social emotional learning – with emotional intelligence as a foundation, the 15 aspects of social emotional learning can be applied in the workplace – how to be better leaders… Read More Are you able?
On a similar theme to yesterday: “What feedback have you sought about yourself in the last 12 months?” (“Asking my team after every meeting what I might do differently” isn’t really what I hope you’ll say.)
You’re in the interview. They ask you a question. It’s this: In the last 12 months, what have you done to develop yourself? What would you say? (And please, “I attended a training course” isn’t what I had in mind.)
A regular theme that occurs in my coaching sessions is of leaders not being able to answer this one, simple question: What are you leading for? How about you? Can you answer that question for yourself, your situation? Truly? Authentically? Do you have all the information you need? Could anyone else help? And if your… Read More Don’t keep it a secret . . .
For established and aspiring leaders everywhere:
“If you love your books, let them go” (The New York Times). And if as a fellow book-lover you’re now hyperventilating, read on . . . BookCrossing is a world library social networking site, aiming to connect people through books. I’m not endorsing it here – I can’t; I simply don’t know enough about it yet… Read More Let it go?
Cosiness, charm, happiness, contentedness, security, familiarity, comfort, reassurance, kinship, or simpleness? The Danes have a word for it: hygge (pronounced hue-guh). There’s a lovely, slightly more detailed, explanation of it here. I’m already smitten. You might also be interested in Gary Cattermole’s article, Workplace hygge: how to embrace… Read More Being present . . .
Just in case you were wondering whether coaching is for you … this might help:
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