leaders Archives - Strategic Leadership

23 Sep

Jack Ma’s Leadership Approach

By Kate Tuck
In Chris Atkinson, Leadership

Jack Ma's Leadership Approach by Chris Atkinson - At his retirement party, Jack Ma stepped onstage to celebrate Alibaba’s 20th anniversary looking every inch the rock star complete with a leather jacket, shades, guitar, and jewellery. He sang and spoke to an emotional crowd in Hangzhou, China. It's fair to...

19 Aug

How to Excel at Both Strategy and Execution

By Kate Tuck
In Strategy

How to Excel at Both Strategy and Execution - For decades, we’ve often thought of leadership profiles in unique buckets—two popular varieties were the “visionaries”, who embrace strategy and think about amazing things to do, and the “operators”, who get stuff done. We intuitively knew that there must be...

29 Apr

7 Most Common Ways Leaders Unknowingly Sabotage Their Team

By Kate Tuck
In Leadership

The 7 Most Common Ways Leaders Unknowingly Sabotage Their Team - Sometimes leaders call me saying they want help to fix their team. That’s always a red flag for me.A CEO of a west coast food company called me a while back. He said his team lacked accountability and...

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’...

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?