How often do you really think? Think critically? As a CEO you are making decisions all the time. But is your process robust enough to respond to the wide range of issues that you face? One of the challenges that organisations face is to ensure that there is a critical thinking culture operating within them, …
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How do you hold onto good leaders? There is a shelf life for every leader. And good leaders know theirs. Yet moving on may not be the best answer for them or their organisation. Is there another approach? Let me explain. A CEO, whom I know, had held the position for some time. She had brought the …
In preparation for a new leadership role, I took a 360 evaluation. The process was pretty revealing. It showed that some of my assumptions about my strengths and weaknesses were off the mark. More importantly, something I thought was a strength was identified as a weakness. Yet without the 360 evaluation, I would have been blissfully …
As a leader, there is going to be a time when you will to decide to remain or move on. Making that choice can be challenging. So how exactly do you make such a choice? I faced a similar turning point more than a decade ago. I was the chair of a large NHS board, a position …
When I became chair of a major health board in Scotland, I requested having a coach to support me in my role. At first, civil servants were surprised by my request, telling me I was “the finished article”. Even though I had a lot of experience in public leadership, I understood I was going to …
A leader’s willingness to listen to uncomfortable truths is an asset. When a leader asks for input about their way of doing things and acts on the information it can have a transformative effect. For instance, a CEO having difficulty with a local authority in relation to financing and funding asked his senior staff for …
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