What is the number one indicator of school performance? Teachers. So why is it that less than 15% of UK school boards include an educator in their ranks? Why are school leaders missing out on key insights that could put their school on top for years to come? And what can be done about it?…
Category: Centre for Leadership
Attitude of Gratitude in Leadership
I was recently browsing The Five Minute Journal, a tool developed to inspire us to reflect on the things we are grateful for at the start and end of each day. Its creators envision increased happiness and better relationships through this form of journaling (Intelligent Change, 2018). This got me thinking of gratitude in the…
Passion, Purpose… Burnout? The Challenges and Opportunities of Side-Hustling
Recently, we published a white paper on the Side Hustle Economy. In it, we talk about the fact that one in four workers in the UK now have a “side hustle” – an activity which allows you to create an additional stream of income without giving up the security of a full-time job – and…
What kind of leader do we now need?
There has been a great deal of noise on the streets of the UK. The two main causes have been football and the visit of President Trump, and while the scope of these topics is vastly different, there is an interesting comparison to draw between them in terms of leadership. bullish directness… There can seldom…
Are we succeeding in leading digitally or in digital leadership? How to tell…
In an earlier post, we considered how leading digitally differs conceptually from digital leadership within an organisation. Needless to say, both concepts are necessary to fully navigate the complex challenges organisations face in our increasingly digital world. One important question that has emerged from that post is, how do we know we are succeeding in our use…
The Debate on what is Debatable in Leadership
Last week I attended the annual Windsor Leadership Debate, held at the Royal Institution in London’s Mayfair. Windsor Leadership Trust is a charity founded 1981, that provides “transformational leadership programmes for senior leaders across all sectors, including corporate, public, military, education, faith and not-for-profit” (according to its website), and that operates within the grounds of…
Can we gain leadership skills from great works of fiction?
What a privilege it was to attend a conference of around 100 global leadership scientists, the 3rd Interdisciplinary Perspective on Leadership Symposium – and even more so when it is held in a warm week in spring on the beautiful island of Crete. But now, what can one offer back to a community of managers…
Worried about technology disrupting your career prospects? 3 good reasons why you shouldn’t be!
We are inundated with headlines telling us that our jobs are under threat by technological advances related to artificial intelligence, machine learning and the internet of things. These headlines are usually illustrated with pictures of angry looking robots ready to make you and your job redundant. Industry, businesses and work will change because of technology;…
Is the #MeToo Movement the Tip of the Iceberg?
It has been startling and infuriating over the last few months to see the emergence of story after story of women being sexually exploited by men in the workplace, whether that is the movie industry, music, the arts or indeed any other organisation or industry. The movement started as a result of the revelations in…
We don’t need another hero
The very word ‘leadership’ conjures up images drawn from history and Hollywood. Historical accounts of leadership describe uncommon individuals, usually men. These characters seemed possessed of extraordinary perception, vision, drive and wisdom. Henry the Fifth, according to Shakespeare, matured almost overnight from a tear-away youth to a visionary King who re-established the dream of Albion…
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