Browsing the "Leadership Ideas" Category

Be Decisive – Great Leadership Idea No. 62

February 4th, 2012 | by Jonathan Gifford

Change involves risk, and there will never be enough information to guarantee that you have made the right decision.

September 20th, 2011 | by Jonathan Gifford

Change is implemented more quickly and successfully when alternative options have been discussed in advance, and when the team

June 10th, 2011 | by Jonathan Gifford

Successful leaders offer substantial autonomy to members of the team and to parts of the business. Individuals are empowered,

May 4th, 2011 | by Jonathan Gifford

If the tap in the staff kitchen is broken and nobody mends it, colleagues quite quickly begin to draw a

January 10th, 2011 | by Jonathan Gifford

People still talk about ‘the masks of leadership’—about a leader’s need to present different ‘faces’ to different audiences. Forget

December 14th, 2010 | by Jonathan Gifford

Everyone wants to please the boss. Few of us are immune to the joys of hearing what we want

November 26th, 2010 | by Jonathan Gifford

Jack Welch, ex-CEO of America’s giant General Electric Company, is famous for his insistence on ‘candor’ in business: the

November 24th, 2010 | by Jonathan Gifford

Leaders need to tread the fine line between having the necessary confidence in their own abilities, and the lack

October 18th, 2010 | by Jonathan Gifford

All leaders like to believe that they are doing this—but without fundamental systems and cultural structures in place, they