Sacred cows have a unique ability to inhibit change and prevent responsiveness to new opportunities, writes Michael McQueen.
Tag: leadership
No-one is immune to failure, but it is still deeply unsettling when someone we trusted and looked up to turns out to be deeply flawed.
In the wake of scandals across churches and leaders, here are some pointers to how we can process when leaders ‘fall from grace’.
Authoritative, hierarchical leadership is out; collaborative and coordinated leadership is in, especially for a team of mixed generations.
Leadership is a process. Anyone can fit this role, and anyone can develop in this role, writes pyschology practice leader, Valerie Ling.
The effective leader knows the secret of the herd instinct, and more importantly knows how to harness it, writes Michael McQueen.
Leaders need to lead with authenticity and create space for diverse generations to collaborate, writes Ashley Fell.
Leaders often rely on the ‘carrot’ of rewards and incentives as a motivator. But research shows this can be counterproductive.
We all have a conformity compulsion. If we sense that the herd is going in a particular direction, we instinctively fear being left out.
The whole point of being a leader is to ‘eat last’; to serve; to sacrifice your personal good for the gain of the team, writes Sam Chan.