Leadership is not just about sticking to one’s own style. You have to adapt to suit the people you manage. One of the organisational constructs Henry and I use most effectively in Leon is ’Situational Leadership’. We picked it up from Bain, but Bain I’m sure were inspired by someone else (so if you are...
Negotiation; establishing trust; getting off to a good start - three crucial skills for any leader... In his first few days in office David Cameron has taught us several lessons in leadership: first in negotiating; second in establishing trust; and third the importance of getting off to a good start...
Does having a baby make women better leaders? Or is it the greatest barrier to gender equality? In a feminism class during my Politics degree, I remember our lecturer explaining once that there are two feminist view of pregnancy: one is that it is the ability to give birth that is the source of all of...
