Browsing the "Leadership Ideas" Category

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

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

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

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

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

October 30th, 2013 | by Jonathan Gifford

Giving people orders – commanding people to do things – works (a bit) in some situations. We’ve got used

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

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

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

October 11th, 2012 | by Jonathan Gifford

Diversity in any ecosystem is essential to its survival: the different adaptations displayed by various organisms within the system