Leadership Succession Do you know who will be leading your business in the future? Do you have the people with the capability and potential you need? Or will you leave you leadership succession to chance?Leadership succession is significant issue for many businesses, as too many do not have a systematic approach to succession planning and effectively leave it to chance. Succession planning is not just a business risk issue. In...more
Leadership is about pressing for change Pressing for changeTwo high profile strikes have been announced recently, one affecting BA (which has already started), and the other Network Rail. While the details of the disputes between the Unions and their employers is not in the public domain, it is clear that the main issue is the Management plans to change existing working practises. However, leadership is about pressing for change,...more
Is the leadership talent you need under your nose? For many businesses one of the biggest risks to their future success is having the right leadership talent in place as and when key leaders leave the business or retire. However, because of the changing nature of the world we work in, it is likely that competition for talent will get even stiffer over the next decade. It is worth noting that:* Companies operating on a global scale will have the reach and ability to attract the best from around the world.* Changing demographics means that it is estimated that one in four of the working population will be over 45 in the next few years - the typical age for senor executives. * A change in working culture and the life choices young people tend to make mean that younger people are more likely to move jobs more often.Interesting, research conducted by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) concluded that in 1986 most people could expect to have a maximum of two different jobs by the age of 25, but by 2006 this figure had doubled to four jobs, and is likely to increase in the future.This provides a number of challenges for organisations who wish to find...more
Leadership Development Busy professionals don't always get the opportunity to rise above the demands of their day to day work to plan their careers of develop new skills properly. When the pressure is on to deliver short term targets, cost savings and efficiency improvements, longer term development activities can easily be put on...more
Leadership Skill Assessment - Do You Have the Potential to Be an Effective Leader? What is a leadership skill? There are numerous skills you desire if you want to be an effective manager or leader. One important leadership skill is motivation, for example. You must be able to motivate your team to reach a common goal. Sounds...more
How To Revise A Leadership Essay Leadership essay writing is a simple one that define how you see leaders and the way they rule, there are thousands of leadership essay topics that you can write essay on, for example; base your essay on famous leaders like; Napoleon Bonaparte, Hitler, George Bush etc. There are many phases involve completing leadership essay apart from the essay topic and writing which is mostly ignored by the students and that is proper formatting.Therefore, if you are done with your leadership essays, you have to properly format before the final submission. Whether the theme is based on strategic, participative, effective or autocratic leadership, the following article will help you format essays in a minute.Check the order of the paragraph:Read and reread your leadership essay, are the paragraphs all inter related with no sign of flaws? Make sure, single paragraph is identifying a single concept but remember, the organization of paragraph in a leadership essay should be in accordance with the nature of the essay, for example if your leadership essay is telling a story, then the plots should come one by one in a flow or if your essay is about a...more
Leadership Needs Inspiration "Black Sunday" In Denver Is A Sad Reminderby Michael D. Hume, M.S.I am a die-hard, life-long fan of the Denver Broncos, and even today, I'm not ashamed to say so. But yesterday was a sad day in Bronco...more
The Practice of Leadership Accountability Education is expensive in the fact that you usually have to pay for it as well as time is money. So what that means is that you will have to pay to get the information and you will pay with...more
The Leadership approach – Choose to be a Lion or an Elephant The story of the Elephant when he was King :In a particular legend from Zimbabwe, begins to hint at why the elephant is an appropriate symbol of leadership to create...more
What are leadership enhancers? Be it an individual or an institution or any kind of governing body, in order to convert their vision into action each and every body would require an enhancer. Someone or something that would internally...more
Leadership Team Development Review: Five FAQs practically everyone asks If you're here it's probably because you heard of Leadership Team Development when you attended an information session or from a relative or friend who contacted...more
What Are Leadership Qualities? What is a Leader? A leader is someone others follow. A leader should be competent at what others expect of him. People have confidence in competence. Competence means doing a given task well. Without...more