Kate Tuck, Author at Strategic Leadership

26 Nov

The Big Lies of Strategy

By Kate Tuck
In Strategy

The Big Lies of Strategy by Roger L. Martin - You don’t need a 100-page strategic plan. Strategy is actually about making five specific choices. - THOSE WHO KNOW ME WELL know that I have a love/hate relationship with all things strategic. On the one hand, I hate ‘strategic planning’...

19 Nov

The Collapse of Strategy and Its Implications

By Kate Tuck
In Strategy

The Collapse of Strategy and Its Implications - “Strategy” might be one of the most elemental parts of a business. And the most misunderstood. Perpetuating the problem is the proliferation of corporate strategy groups and “strategy” job titles that involve very little strategy in the economic sense of the term...

05 Nov

9 Types of People Who Never Succeed at Work

By Kate Tuck
In Personal Development

9 Types of People Who Never Succeed at Work - Social skills are becoming more critical than experience and knowledge for success in the workplace. Harvard economist David Deming studied workplace tasks from 1980 to the present day and found tasks that emphasise social skills grew by a whopping...

29 Oct

Don’t Just Tell Employees Changes Are Coming – Explain Why

By Kate Tuck
In Leadership, Vision & Purpose

Employees around the world are reporting that big organisational changes are affecting their jobs. From leadership transitions and restructurings, to mergers and acquisitions, to regulatory changes, there seems to be constant unrest in the workforce. But according to one survey of more than half a million U.S. employees, almost one-third don’t understand...

22 Oct

Why Vulnerability is Essential to Becoming a Great Leader

By Kate Tuck
In Leadership

It's not fear that gets in the way of daring leadership. It's our armour. I’ve spent twenty years studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy, and I recently completed a seven-year study on brave leadership that was built around the following driving question: What, if anything, about the way people are...

15 Oct

How Daily Self-Reflection Improves Leadership Performance

By Kate Tuck
In Leadership

Daily Self-Reflection Practice Improves Leadership Performance

I often tell my clients that a daily practice of self-reflection strengthens self-awareness and will enable them to make better choices. Leaders who work with me to shape and commit to such a practice are better able to tap into their highest potential for creativity, vitality, and success.

08 Oct

10 Kids Were Asked to “Draw A Leader”- Here’s What They Did

By Kate Tuck
In Leadership

We loved this Fast Company article because it is interesting to look at the perception difference between children and adults. When adults are asked to draw a leader, they draw a man. But what about kids?

24 Sep

Want to Set Your Colleague’s Salary Each Month?

By Kate Tuck
In Culture

Keytoe workers are going to decide upon each other’s salary through an app. In this app, we can rate each other on a daily basis on one score only: how you feel about your colleagues. The score you receive, and the revenue and costs of the company for that month, determine...

17 Sep

The Evolution of the HR Business Partner by Dave Ulrich

By Kate Tuck
In Leadership

In 1997, Netscape was the browser of choice; Motorola StarTAC dominated cell phone popularity; the Apple PowerBook led in innovative laptops; cordless home phones emerged; Sony PlayStation with a 128k memory card was state of the art; Windows 95 was released. And I published the book Human Resource Champions,...

10 Sep

Are You Killing Your Career By Avoiding Conflict?

By Kate Tuck
In Conflict, Leadership, Personal Development

How Your Brain Handles Conflict - Many of us have been socialised or learned as adults that conflict is “bad” and in order to succeed, we should appear optimistic and positive at all times. Yet while this avoidance of conflict leads to superficial harmony, it denies what is really...