TED video on what it takes to be a great leader
Interesting TED talk by Roselinde Torres on the subject of leadership. Please watch and share your comments. Thanks. <iframe src="https://embed-ssl.ted.com/talks/roselinde_torres_what_it_takes_to_be_a_great_leader.html" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe>
Top rating for The Team Formula – and as a thanks we give away 20 books
We wrote The Team Formula because we've been team leaders too, sometimes struggling with some of the day to day aspects of leadership. We wanted to share our experience, both from the inside as leaders, and from the outside as consultants helping teams and leaders around the world, on how to lead a team in change- so that others could benefit too. And we chose to write the book as a novel, rather than as a regular "how to" business...
Meet the Authors event at RBS
Last week, Mandy Flint participated in a "meet the authors" event arranged by RBS Focused Women's network at the RBS London headquarters. See more pictures below. Mandy, together with Vanessa Vallely, Jessica Chivers, Jenny Garrett and Kay White formed a panel of authors who were asked questions linked to their respective books as well as with regards to book writing/publishing generally. They were also asked for their inspirations on...
Why The Team Formula is a STORY
We could have written a regular business book about teams. But we chose not to. The reason for this is that there is something magical about stories, wouldn't you agree? In stories we lose ourselves for a moment, we can more easily relate to something and put it into context, and we tend to remember more of what we read as it's more tangible and simply more memorable. Yet there are very few business books written in this way. This...
Can you learn leadership from a book?
There's a wealth of leadership books to choose from if you want to gain knowledge about leadership. But gaining knowledge and really learning so that you can apply your knowledge is not the same thing. Leaders will need to continuously learn, to meet the needs of their stakeholders and to drive business results, now and in 2020 and beyond - that is certain. However, reading a book or attending a leadership seminar doesn't guarantee a...
