In a book published in 2004 called ‘The Myth of Leadership’ Professor Jeffrey Nielsen makes the case for the end of leadership as we know it, and the creation of what he calls: ’peer-group, leaderless organizations.’
Now while LLPathways would agree that there indeed needs to be a genuine rethink about the way in which leadership [...]
Archive for February, 2009
The Myth of Leadership
Posted in Business, Leadership, Shared Learning, Sustainability, learning, management on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Leadership, or Not Leadership? That is the Question
Posted in Business, Government, Leadership, Sustainability, management, psychology on February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It could be said that the world is in a spot of bother at the moment, and in times of crisis we hear a lot of talk about leadership. Indeed, I was reminded of an article in ‘American Psychologist ‘ (April 2009) written by Mark Van Vugt, Robert Hogan and Robert B. Kaiser called ‘Leadership, [...]
What is Leadership? A legitimate question?
Posted in Business, Leadership, Sustainability, learning, management, philosophy on February 18, 2009 | Comments Off
There is little doubt that many people in the business, organizational and social fields are today seeking to find out about the concept and practice of leadership, as indeed many are writing about it.
It could be supposed that this increased interest is due to the challenges that organizations in the business and social domains are [...]
The Banks – An Example of Unlearning Organisations
Posted in Business, Leadership, Shared Learning, learning, management on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As Simon Caulkin writing in the Sunday Observer (15th February 2009) points out: ‘…the most remarkable thing on show at last week’s ‘House of Commons’ banking hearings was the banks’ leaders naivety about capitalism – a gullibility that has endangered both of the economy’s major institutions – markets and companies.’
These leaders of the banking world in [...]
The Learning Enterprise and the Attainment of Goals
Posted in Business, Leadership, Shared Learning, Sustainability, learning, management on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Following on from LLPathways previous post, it could be said that the Learning Enterprise is very much based on the idea of ’systems thinking’. In simple terms looking to connections, as well as to the totality of the business, or organization.
It allows people to look beyond what they are doing and taking on board the [...]
The Learning Enterprise: What is it?
Posted in Business, Leadership, Shared Learning, Sustainability, learning, management on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How often have we heard the phase ‘The Learning Organization’ or ‘The Learning Enterprise’? However, what actually is a learning enterprise? Again, is such a concept useful in relation to sustainable success?
The problem is that while much has be written and talked about ‘The Learning Enterprise’ it is much more difficult to identify a real [...]
The Call for Leadership
Posted in Business, Government, Leadership, Shared Learning, learning, management, psychology on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is some time since my last LLPathway’s post. Sadly, the world recession continues with millions of people across the world suffering as a consequence . In the meantime what we hear from politicians, including world leaders, as well as business leaders, commentators and newspaper editorials is the need for leadership.
I suppose you can take two things [...]
