The notion of the heroic leader is as unachievable as it is enduringly popular according to a 2007 article in the Harvard Business Review. If, as Ancona et al suggest in their article In Praise of the Incomplete Leader, the idea of the ‘complete’ leader is a myth, then how should today’s leaders lead? Their framework for distributed leadership suggests some of the answers.
Wendy Hirsh is a leading thinker in the field of succession planning. Here you will find her thinking on the subject, together with some top tips for success.
Scenario planning can help organisations to plan long-term by developing hypotheses to enable a vision of what might happen in the future. This article looks at some of the leading thinkers, the scenario planning process and some of the advantages and disadvantages.
This article examines the key principles of action learning as described by Reg Revans, pioneer of the concept.
Here, we look at Nitin Nohria, Boris Groysberg and Linda-Eling Lee's Employee Motivation model in detail.
Carefully chosen language is the key to providing helpful and constructive feedback to the person you are coaching/mentoring. Here are some tips on how to choose your words well.
Some top tips to help leaders undergoing executive coaching make the most of the experience.
An important skill for mentors and coaches is the ability to facilitate reflection and generate personal insight. Here we review Clutterbuck and Meggison’s ‘Model of Personal Reflective Space’, which outlines the stages of the reflection process.
In this article we consider how change affects people at work, what the signs of resistance to change are and how these can be addressed, and the reasons why change fatigue can occur.
Watch this video to learn the definition of Transformational Leadership. Explore the theory behind this leadership style, and discover the characteristics of transformational leaders.
Written by renowned US consultants McKinsey and Co in 1998, 'The War for Talent' article sparked the modern interest in talent management. This article provides a detailed overview of their ideas.
How power is generated within organisations, and how it can be used to gain support for a strategy.
