Leadership Lessons: Why Did Trump Win?
Donald Trump will be the next (Republican) US President... His win over (Democratic) rival Hillary Clinton surprised the pollsters, the media, who not...
10 Differences Between a Boss and a Leader
I would like to start this article with a simple quote: "Every Leader is a Boss, but Every Boss is not a Leader"
To build our understandin...
Leading Diversity
Hi everyone, I am a PhD student in Management (Diversity) and at the early stage of my research. I will be looking at one of South Africa's post Apart...
Management and Leadership Warren Bennis, the leadership guru has differentiated leadership from management with two simple acronyms:
1. The management acronym PO...
The Incomplete Leader
I noticed a new perspective on leadership methods in HBR Feb 07 by Deborah Ancona c.s. She argues no human being is perfect and no leader can be perfe...
Leadership And Ownership
Our research (my co-researcher R. Chandrashekar and myself) shows that Leadership without Ownership does not exist.
We used to debate as t...
Leadership Definitions
Leadership has been described as "The process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment o...
Leadership is context specific
Leadership is context specific. There is no such thing as 'global leadership'. Experience of leaders in different fields has proven this. It is about ...
Identifying Leadership Competencies
Do you have any organisation which trains assistant managers / managers / senior managers / assistant vice presidents on some identified leadership co...
Why Should one be a Leader?
After studying some of the threads I somewhat miss the discussion "Why are we leaders?" Ownership leaders are of course obvious. Is it the role...
Leadership Perceptions and Competency
In addition to leadership perception we also need to look closely at available leadership competency. The available depth and breath of executive comp...
Machiavellian Management Style
While I was reading a book on Machiavellianism with unusual interest, my 13-year old daughter asked what is this all about. Usually I like such questi...
Attributes of a Personal / Executive Assistant
I'm interested to learn from members that serve on either executive committees or boards of global companies: what are the common attributes you look ...
Multifaceted Leadership
Why should organisations prefer multifaceted leaders than those who are not?...
What is the Optimal Span of Control?
Many management writers seem to agree that the optimum span of management is 4 to 8 surbordinates. Can we agree on this?...
Unlearning and Leadership Unlearning is more important than learning for modern leaders. Leaders can have no appreciation of understanding the situations of the 21st cen...
A Leader is Someone Who Has Followers...
A key issue that is sometimes overlooked is that a leader is a leader when, and only when (s)he has followers. These followers will follow the ...
Effective versus Strong Leadership
At the heart of every successful organisation or group is the driving force of effective leadership. "Everything rises and falls on leadership"...
Attributes of Leaders | Leadership Attributes
I'd like to give some basic attributes on leadership that run on all fields of corporates. In my view, attributes of high quality leadership ar...
3 Levels of Leadership
Always keep in mind that organizational leadership has to be taken as executing capabilities at three levels:
- individual capabilities;
- g...
Establishing Self-Leadership in Organizations
A culture of self-leadership in the organization leads to less dependency and promotes responsible, active, motivated and creative employees who help ...
New Management Position? Avoid Quick Win Traps
Of course, realizing quick wins is important when you're in a new management job. By doing so you reassure your boss or stakeholders that they made th...
You can Lead Without the Title
Well, the subject title is not exactly mine, but from Robin Sharma, who is a well know leadership person.
What I like about this subject is that ...
Leadership and Silent Individuals
Some authors say that leadership is born not created,
Some say it can be created through practice and applying certain principles.
But as pe...
Leadership Styles in Schools
What leadership styles are required to be exhibited by educational leaders such as deans, heads of schools and principals of high schools?...
Challenges for Leaders Today
What do you think are the main challenges for a manager-leader in business today?...
Management Theory of Rosabeth Moss Kanter
I am currently doing a Level 5 management course and we are looking at theories but I have to look at Kanter but cant find details of her theory. Can ...
Can a Sports Team Leader Become a Business Leader?
In a world where, everyday, there are constant calls for more effective leaders, better leadership or even leadership, one cannot help but lament on t...
Leadership Impact
There are an unlimited number of leadership conversations on every Leadership platform. There are few asking the question of leaders, "What do they be...
