Have you ever wondered why seemingly intelligent people can find it so hard to work successfully with others? The good news is that EQ can be developed.
I have previously written about the first two steps for developing a high performing team: Building trust Overcoming the fear of conflict Without trust, real teamwork is all but impossible; you can read about that in an earlier blog. And you can catch up on overcoming the fear of conflict here. Once a team has …
I have written previously about trust, which is the foundation for an effective team and how real teamwork is impossible without this. But the challenge of building trust is that team members need to be prepared to make themselves vulnerable with one another. However, once a team has started to build vulnerability-based trust, it can …
Trust is the foundation for an effective leadership team – or almost any team come to that. Without trust, real teamwork is all but impossible. Trust means that members of the team are confident that their colleague’s intentions are good, that they do not have to tiptoe around certain individuals or manage their behaviours for …
Sometimes people do the right things for the wrong reasons. Three years ago a client of mine, who I am going to call Jim, did just this. He had an opportunity to access some government-funded leadership training ….
I’ve been working with the Zurich University of Applied Sciences for some months now on a Leadership Development programme for their International Executive MBA programme. It’s designed to enable students to realise more from their studies and further their careers by developing executive competencies.
Could something like this happen to us? Is it starting to happen already? That question must be engaging Boardrooms up and down the land following recent revelations from News International, the Metropolitan Police and the Press Complaints Commission.
News Corporation’s Standards of Business Conduct document reads well. It sets out the high ethical standards required of all members of staff, covering areas such as trust, honesty, data privacy, bribery and safeguarding the company reputation. Today’s statement by James Murdoch announcing …..
Lao-Tzu, the ancient Chinese mystic philosopher, wrote that in the 6th century BC. Modern-day authors might say something along the lines of “effective leadership starts with knowing yourself”. The corollary of these quotes might read that “lack of self knowledge is unenlightened and can result in poor leadership”. I know from personal experience, running leadership …
The problem with judgement is that it’s subjective – rarely black and white and generally complicated by several shades of grey. Yet good judgement is often an essential job requirement, particularly for more senior roles where decisions tend to be less rule-based. The traditional options for assessing an individual’s judgement ability leave a bit to be desired ………