by Jonathan Gifford | Oct 17, 2013 | Leadership Ideas
Every leader is faced with a long list of issues that are not absolutely central to the implementation of the core vision but that, nevertheless, need attention. There are, happily, many talented people throughout the organisation who may not have been given...
by Jonathan Gifford | Oct 6, 2013 | Leadership Ideas
All of a leader’s great plans come to nothing if they are not successfully executed. This edited version of ‘Make it Happen’ from 100 Great Leadership Ideas appeared in the Sunday Times. The problem is not the ideas. The problem is getting them...
by Jonathan Gifford | Oct 3, 2013 | Leadership Ideas
Back in the 1980’s, the General Electric Company found itself in the middle of a PR disaster that stemmed from an apparently minor issue (a tiny minority of workers at a plant producing components for the US military were fiddling their time cards to get a bit...
by Jonathan Gifford | Oct 11, 2012 | Leadership Ideas
Diversity in any ecosystem is essential to its survival: the different adaptations displayed by various organisms within the system allow some of them to flourish when changing conditions condemn others to decline. The same principle applies to organisations,...
by Jonathan Gifford | Feb 4, 2012 | Leadership Ideas
Change involves risk, and there will never be enough information to guarantee that you have made the right decision. At some point, leaders must trust their accumulated experience and their gut instinct and seize the moment. Making decisions is the defining...
by Jonathan Gifford | Sep 20, 2011 | Leadership Ideas
Change is implemented more quickly and successfully when alternative options have been discussed in advance, and when the team as a whole has reached a consensus decision on the right way forward. Consensus also helps ensure that the people who are closest to...
