leadership Archives - Page 4 of 4 - Strategic Leadership

01 Sep

Is Humility a Leadership Weakness?

In Leadership, Thor Olafsson

Just over 20 years ago I was sat in my office talking to a consultant who was helping me with my first real management job. Midst in our conversation, a coworker of mine entered the office to provide me with information she though was of importance. We exchanged a...

26 Jul

The Roles of IQ, EQ and SQ in Turbulent Times

In Leadership

I know as much about change, turbulence and failure as I do about success. I did not start my career aspiring to run a steel company, nor did I plan to be a rather relentless breaker of barriers in business and in the community at large. What I have...

10 Jul

What is self-awareness and why should leaders care?

In Leadership, Thor Olafsson

What is self-awareness and why should leaders care? “The point is not to become a leader. The point is to become yourself, and to use yourself completely – all your gifts, skills and energies – to make your vision manifest. You must withhold nothing. You must in sum, become the...

26 Jun

Today’s CFO: Which profile best suits your company?

In CFO, Leadership

Share this article on LinkedIn Share this article on Twitter Share this article on Facebook Email this article Download this article Profiles of today’s CFO show how the role is evolving and raise important questions for boards about talent and leadership development.

28 Mar

The Heart of Leadership

In Leadership, Thor Olafsson

The Heart of Leadership - At the heart of leadership there is always a person. Someone like you, committed to serving others as a leader: truthful, courageous, purpose driven, humble, strong, fair and compassionate. Someone, who realises that leadership is not about money or status, but rather about positive influence...

21 Mar

Why Leadership Needs Empathy

In Blog, Leadership

My manager truly cared about me as a person more than he did about me as an employee. Something I saw in him and in some of the managers I had afterwards was that they really put people first.

28 Feb

Quick Insight: Leadership Communication

In Chris Atkinson, Leadership, Video

So much communication from leaders fails completely to achieve its objective. We explore what causes this failure and how to really engage our people with great communication.

14 Feb

Quick Insight: The Role of Vision

In Blog, Chris Atkinson, Leadership, Video

Why bother with a vision? Sadly most company visions don’t inspire teams, leaders need to do better with vision to really engage their people. Learn why it is so important then transform your leadership by using vision techniques.

30 Sep

Transformational Leadership – Moving Beyond Money

In Chris Atkinson, Leadership, Video

September saw the 23rd annual World of Learning Conference and Exhibition in Birmingham, UK. Elysian’s own Chris Atkinson spoke here with passion, delivering a talk on his favourite topic, motivating people – beyond money. In case you didn’t have to opportunity to make it to World of Learning, we filmed...