by Jonathan Gifford | Nov 26, 2010 | Leadership Ideas
Jack Welch, ex-CEO of America’s giant General Electric Company, is famous for his insistence on ‘candor’ in business: the burning need to get to the heart of the problem without social niceties. But this approach has its potential downside. Avoiding...
by Jonathan Gifford | Nov 24, 2010 | Leadership Ideas
Leaders need to tread the fine line between having the necessary confidence in their own abilities, and the lack of sensitivity and humility that will prevent them from successfully leading a team of other very able people. Confidence in your own convictions...
by Jonathan Gifford | Nov 16, 2010 | Leaders from History
‘Changing the mood’ is one of the most challenging problems that a leader of any organisation can face. Successful organisations start off in life with enthusiasm and vigour, driven by the vision of the founders and the early management teams. Sadly, leadership and...
by Jonathan Gifford | Nov 9, 2010 | Culture
When politicians try to find a compelling name for a new initiative that they are about to launch, the results are nearly always both inept and inapt: the act of conscious deliberation by various policy wonks and spin doctors seems, unsurprisingly, to doom the...
