What leadership lessons can we learn from Donald Trump?
Ironic really, that on 9/11 the improbable happened–Donald Trump was elected President of the United States of America. The result has left the world reeling. How did this man come […]
Leading or managing?
We often throw around the words leadership and management as though they are interchangeable terms. They are not. Leadership and management are different. Blanchard offers what I think is one […]
A political platform to restore our education system
The media is once again filled with the gloomy news of our failing Australian education system. The natural conclusion people reach is that teachers and schools are failing our kids. […]
This is what I have learned and try to practise: Making decisions
Leaders make decisions. Those who don’t, aren’t leading. People look to a leader to make the decisions, no matter how hard. How a leader makes decisions tends to fall into […]
This is what I have learned and try to practise: Being visible
I have never met Malcolm Turnbull. I have met Mr Howard, Mr Abbott, and Kevin Rudd’s wife Theresa, but I haven’t met the current Prime Minister. Do I trust him? […]
This is what I have learned and try to practise: Offering trust
PhD research identified 10 practices that build trust and unlock the path to compelling leadership. Offering trust is perhaps one of the most powerful and yet, one of the hardest. […]
This is what I have learned and try to practise: Being controlled in every circumstance
Organisational and leadership author, Stephen Covey[1], has identified the ability to ‘establish, extend, and restore trust’ as the ‘key leadership competency of the new, global economy’. According to Covey, the […]
This is what I have learned and try to practise: Keeping confidences
The role of any leader is just two-fold: to provide a compelling vision of the future that people aspire to attain and, to build trust so those people will be […]
This is what I have learned and try to practise – Acknowledging others
PhD research identified 10 practices that build trust and unlock the path to compelling leadership: acknowledging others is one of them. I have learnt that leadership is often a thankless […]
This is what I have learned and try to practise – Leaders who care
PhD research identified 10 key leadership practices that engender trust, paving the way to compelling leadership. Caring for others is one of them. I was in Sydney earlier in the […]