Posts Tagged ‘Leadership Challenges’
Serving Tea is A Superpower
I am not particularly proud to tell this story today, but I think that there is value in it. We (I) have come a long way in the last few decades. If you’ve made and served anyone tea lately, I personally believe you understand an essence vitally important to leadership. If you haven’t made and…
Read More#6 The Challenges of Leadership – Managing Internal Stakeholders
Welcome to the final week of our 6 part series on The Challenges of Leadership, based on a white paper by William A. Gentry, Regina H. Eckert, Sarah A. Stawiski, and Sophia Zhao. Our final challenge of the 6 is managing internal stakeholders, which is described as the managing of relationships, politics, and image. This…
Read More#5 The Challenges of Leadership – Guiding Change
We’ve come to the 5th Leadership Challenge in our 6 part series – the challenge of Guiding Change. According to William A. Gentry, Regina H. Eckert, Sarah A. Stawiski, and Sophia Zhao’s whitepaper on the subject, guiding change is described as managing, mobilizing, understanding, and leading change. It includes knowing how to mitigate consequences, overcome…
Read More#4 The Challenges of Leadership – Leading A Team
In our 6-part series on the 6 Common Challenges of Leadership, based on a white paper by William A. Gentry, Regina H. Eckert, Sarah A. Stawiski, and Sophia Zhao, our 4th challenge is Leading a Team. So far, we’ve looked at Developing Managerial Effectiveness, Inspiring Others, and Developing Employees – all of which play their…
Read More#3 The Challenges of Leadership – Developing Employees
This is the third article in our series on the 6 Common Challenges of Leadership, based on a white paper by William A. Gentry, Regina H. Eckert, Sarah A. Stawiski, and Sophia Zhao. So far, we’ve looked at Developing Managerial Effectiveness, and Inspiring Others. Developing Employees is described as “The challenge of developing others, including…
Read More#2 The Challenges of Leadership – Inspiring Others
Last week, we started a series on the 6 Common Challenges of Leadership, based on a white paper by William A. Gentry, Regina H. Eckert, Sarah A. Stawiski, and Sophia Zhao. We took a look at Developing Managerial Effectiveness because, with the best will in the world, the chances are good that when we reach…
Read MoreThe Challenges of Leadership
Welcome back to our Monday morning articles. Having spent one of the last two Mondays travelling and the other on half term break with my son, one of the most presently important points for me seems to be balance. We’ve spoken about balance over the previous few weeks when we addressed the 6 Core Human…
Read More2019 – How Have You Decided It Will Go?
Happy New Year and welcome to 2019! I hope you managed to get some mental downtime over the holiday, spend some time with family, recharge. A new chapter lies ahead with 365 chances to write another part to it and I’m excited to begin! No doubt, 2019 has much in store, so before we get…
Read MoreLeading with clarity from a solid foundation
I don’t know about you, but my brain is never more productive and driven than at 3am on a Monday morning. (Eye roll). Whether that’s when it clicks over into the coming week, or whether that’s the only time it’s quiet enough in there for the important thoughts to come through, I’m not sure. For…
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