Globalization’s demand on leadership
Over the next few months we will share some of our thoughts from an article we have written on leadership in 2020 Here’s no 1! Globalization The world is becoming smaller and there is possibility to have global reach and presence. Even small companies that just used to operate locally, may today find clients, suppliers, business partners and even employees/talent located all over the world. This requires new knowledge and skills to...
Leading in changing times
This is a very interesting video on the speed and extent of change we are experiencing, and it's a great framework to view leadership from. What are your thoughts on the demands this put on leadership?
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>
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...
Non-stop learning
This classic TED video with Sir Ken Robinson on the subject of "How schools kill creativity" is still as good and relevant and important as it was 8, 5 years ago when he made the actual talk. If you haven't watched it yet, please do - it's worth every minute of your time. One of the key point that he makes, that is also relevant to being a leader in 2020 and beyond, is that we don't know what the world will look like in a few years,...
When a manager became a leader
Not that long ago, there were mostly "managers" and very few "leaders". It may simply have been a question of semantics, but it probably also describes the changing map of leadership. We saw a shift in how the word manager started to be replaced by the word leader more and more, about 20 years ago. New things were expected of those in people leadership/management position and the words started to describe that change. There...
