Leadership Archives - Page 8 of 10 - Strategic Leadership

29 Mar

The Essential Guide to Presenting Numbers in an Engaging Way

In Business, Chris Atkinson, Communication, Engagement, Leadership

The Essential Guide to Presenting Numbers in an Engaging Way: Recently I was asked by a global client to help their European finance team present their subject in ways that are more engaging for their audience. As I started to develop the session, I realised on almost every course I...

07 Mar

Elon Musk Work Ethic: 10 Secrets for Insane Success

In Leadership, Personal Development

Elon Musk Work Ethic: 10 Secrets for Insane Success: Now, Elon Musk is a smarter than average individual with an enormous ambition and drive. But I think that us–mere mortals–can incorporate some of his productivity secrets into our daily lives. Here are the top 10 productivity secrets of Elon Musk work...

28 Feb

The Most Humbling Lessons Of Leadership

In Leadership

“I’ve learned that leadership is key to culture,” says Jill. “Our lives are a blank canvas — never think that you have it all figured out. We have to remain authentic, because that’s how we learn.”

21 Feb

You’re Still at Risk of Burn Out Even If You Love What You Do

In Engagement, Leadership, Personal Development

And no, it can't be be resolved by blowing off some steam or meditating for 30 minutes - When we’re deeply immersed in our work, we’re often committed to a goal and a quality standard and making progress accordingly. This is what people mean when they talk about “engagement.”...

14 Feb

Strategy, Culture and Values

In Culture, Leadership, Strategy

How to Create an Environment of Continuous Change, Learning and Improvement - February is traditionally a time when our new year’s resolutions begin to lose momentum, and we start to slip back into our original habits. Change is hard, after all. The same is often true in business – in...

30 Jan

What We Can Learn From 20+Years of Change Leadership Techniques

In Leadership, Structure & Processes

Why has organisational transformation always been a challenge? Don’t we get it by now? Are there really that many new theories to place into practice? How many more books, articles, and webinars do we need in order to “get this transformational work right?”

08 Jan

Liberate Your Team with Clearer Processes

In Leadership

Ask the members of any team if they want to institute better processes, and be prepared for them to roll their eyes. “‘Better processes’ means ‘more bureaucracy,’” someone will mutter. But ask that same team how much they enjoy doing projects the hard way — duplicating efforts, scrambling to...

01 Jan

How to Invest in People vs. Processes

In Chris Atkinson, Leadership, Strategic Leadership Authors, Structure & Processes

How to Invest in People vs. Processes A few years ago, a regional utilities client (who had been a client for many years) made a commitment to invest in a new IT infrastructure which would allow for efficient bookings for the field teams and the use of handheld devices...

06 Nov

Turning Strategy Into Results

In Leadership, Leadership Cube, Strategy

Strategy, at its heart, is about choice. Few companies succeed by making a single big bet. Most winning strategies are based on a bundle of choices about, among other things, the customers to serve, the scope of the business, product offerings, and capabilities that interact with one another to...

09 Oct

Four Habits of Highly Effective Virtual Teams

In Leadership

Employers thinking about allowing — and even encouraging — employees to work remotely are inundated with conflicting information these days.