Abandon failed projects: great leadership idea #101
March 20th, 2014 | by Jonathan Gifford
Teams become emotionally attached to major projects in which they have invested their creative energies. It is difficult for
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Let the organisation manage itself. Great Leadership Idea 146
February 22nd, 2014 | by Jonathan Gifford
Leaders should be concerned with strategy, not operational execution. If the organisation is set up so that colleagues understand
Create infectious ideas or ‘memes’. Great Leadership Idea No. 183
February 21st, 2014 | by Jonathan Gifford
Infectious ideas – or ‘memes’—are powerful communication tools that pack a great deal of conceptual and emotional content into
Embrace surprises — Great Leadership Idea No. 140
November 21st, 2013 | by Jonathan Gifford
Management seeks to regularise the irregular; to iron-out discrepancies and to correct deviations in the search for the perfectly-managed
Mine the data — Great Leadership Idea No. 148
November 15th, 2013 | by Jonathan Gifford
Your organisation probably has a lot more data to hand than it realises – and almost certainly a lot more
Create followers – Great Leadership Idea No. 23
October 30th, 2013 | by Jonathan Gifford
Giving people orders – commanding people to do things – works (a bit) in some situations. We’ve got used
Create Action Groups — Great Leadership Idea No. 22
October 17th, 2013 | by Jonathan Gifford
Every leader is faced with a long list of issues that are not absolutely central to the implementation of
Make it Happen – Great Leadership Idea No. 4
October 6th, 2013 | by Jonathan Gifford
All of a leader’s great plans come to nothing if they are not successfully executed. This edited version of
Jack Welch on how to handle a PR crisis
October 3rd, 2013 | by Jonathan Gifford
Back in the 1980’s, the General Electric Company found itself in the middle of a PR disaster that stemmed
Encourage diversity — Great Leadership Idea No. 45
October 11th, 2012 | by Jonathan Gifford
Diversity in any ecosystem is essential to its survival: the different adaptations displayed by various organisms within the system12
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