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When you can’t tell them

Friday, 20 December 2019 by Ian Lees

Have you ever caught yourself doing waffly corporate speak? Maybe something like this.. “As we strategically pivot to generate greater integration there may be, in the fulness of time, important adaptions that will need to be made to ensure future viability going forward.” Why do leaders talk like this? Is it some kind of brain

  • Published in Ambiguity, Complexity, Leader, Leadership, Trust
Tagged under: Change, Trust

From expert to leader

Tuesday, 28 May 2019 by Ian Lees

After 15 years as a lawyer, Matt is now the manager of a small team of specialist lawyers. Annie has been an engineer in high-tech electronics for ten years and now finds herself leading the program office covering multiple projects with multi-disciplinary teams. Many lawyers, engineers, economists, doctors, physiotherapists, IT systems analysts and actuaries find

  • Published in Leader, Leadership
Tagged under: Expert, Leader, Leadership, Professional, Technical, Transition

The currency of leadership

Tuesday, 28 May 2019 by Ian Lees

“It’s really important to keep the staff happy!” Said a senior manager in a large organisation who I was coaching. Sounds people orientated right? In this era of focus on employee engagement this is what we want to hear from leaders. I have come across this idea from many leaders in different organisations. It’s a

  • Published in Feedback, Happiness, Leader, Leadership, Trust, Truth
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