leadership as management - management as leadership
Management as leadership - leadership as management, we need to think differently about these terms. They are roles and behaviours.
What does it mean to not take the Personal, Personally?
Dealing with change as a leader is challenging. One of the biggest challenges is finding a way not to take the personal attacks, personally.
Style matters - just not the way we think about it
Leadership style matters, but we need to reframe how we think about it. Moving from an off the self to a person based view a leader's style.
Types of Misalignment and What to Do About Them
Here’s a prediction for 2022, this is a year where team conflict within organisations increases significantly. Since the start of the...
Leading successful ESG transformations requires managing the present and creating the future.
A key idea from my MBA that keeps coming back to me as I think about how to embed environment, society and governance (ESG) ways of...
Its time to stop focusing on inspirational leaders - in praise of the ordinary leader
If you look through most lists of leadership qualities, you will undoubtedly come across a mention of inspiration. The idea is that a...
Operating in complexity - the role of identity, intent, and integrity
Our world today is full of increasingly complex, morally challenging, and fluid questions. We need new guides for leadership action.
Time to change our habits! ESG and organisational change, more than measurement.
Sustainable businesses should be outcome-driven, thinking and acting in a long-term manner. This means changing business habits.
What is the evidence for leadership and team effectiveness?
Research is now showing that our assumptions about what makes teams work well are often wrong. We need to look at the evidence again.
Quiet leadership - is it time to reconsider the type of leaders we need for the next decade?
Is it time to reconsider the type of leaders we need? It is important not to confuse a strong leader, with visible leadership.
Case Study: building a coherent consulting team
How do you go about reconstructing a consulting team once the market shifts and the team loses coherence? That was the challenge I took...
Case Study: brokering a new way of working
Case Study: brokering new ways of working and approaches to effective stakeholder management
ESG - moving beyond targets to organisational transformation
ESG has generated increasing interest in the last five years focused on measurement. More attention is required on the organisational change
We need different words to talk about leadership
By changing how we ask people to describe their approach to leadership, we can understand individuals better. A common interview question...
Leadership and conflict - don't forget to stir the pot!
What is the role of conflict in teams? Reflections on leadership in teams and creating safe spaces for constructive conflict.
10 Lessons from a University of Bath MBA
10 lessons on business management from a University of Bath MBA
A little listening goes a long way
Exploring the importance of interpersonal skills in international development All governments are changing, all the time. They change to...
Making teams work in volatile and uncertain environments
As the covid-19 response moves toward recovery and management, Ben French sets out three lessons for forming teams able to respond...
How to navigate the complex field of change
The process of change is more art than science "It's intuition…" Those, at least, were the words of my matrix algebra professor....
People-centred theories of change
It's not technical. It’s human. The link between the team, its success, and how it understands and interacts with its objective, the...