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Why extroverts are not always the most successful bosses
Conventional wisdom tells us that leaders are the men and women who stand up, speak out, give orders, make plans and are generally the most dominant, outgoing people in a group. But that is not...
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Power Play: Don’t use a sledgehammer to break the ice
Power Players know to chip away gently at the relationship ice. They put the sledgehammer away because it would be like using a bazooka to kill a mosquito. Ice-breaking is a fine art and it doesn’t...
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Power Play: Play fair, especially when you have the winning cards
This play is the best way to separate honourable Power Players from the not-so honourable. If you already hold the winning cards, playing fairly is all that’s left. A win is a win; there’s no need...
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The ‘Moneyball’ approach to hiring CEOs
It was the lesson of the bestselling book-turned-movie Moneyball: don’t throw money at big-name baseball players or judge future performance by purely physical attributes. Assess them, instead, by...
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Power Play: Know who’s really running the place
Power Players know that the real power in every company lies with the people who keep it running behind the scenes, and the first thing they do is seek these people out. Why? Because they are...
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Why autocratic bosses are a dying breed
The idea that everyone wants leadership and wants to be led is a popular one, especially among corporate CEOs, but how true is it? Recent political events in Ukraine and Thailand should focus...
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The most effective way to instigate change? Start a conversation
After 20 years’ consulting and six as chief executive leading the turnaround of a public institution, I find myself wondering at the questions we do and don’t ask when it comes to change, and the...
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Five ways to improve team engagement
Successful teams who consistently achieve superior results are filled with highly motivated, engaged team members who approach their job with energy, enthusiasm and creativity. But where do you find...
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The upside of anger: why workers should express their emotions
Anger has traditionally been considered an emotion to be avoided at work as it is often linked to a lack of personal control. Anger at work is often seen as unprofessional; an uncontrolled response...
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Strategic tools: how firms successfully use social media
Social media has become a ubiquitous part of modern life, and in a trend dubbed ‘Enterprise 2.0’, the world of business has embraced it as well. But research into the ways in which business uses this...
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