You could write a 24-volume encyclopedia full of examples of leadership not being exercised, and only a very slim volume about where leadership is being exercised.
In recent times you can see it not being exercised in AIG, Freddy Mac, the Royal Bank of Scotland, the Anglo-Irish Bank, Enron etc, etc, etc, etc. Again, you will find [...]
Archive for March, 2009
The Question is Not: ‘What is Leadership?’ But: ‘Is Leadership Being Exercised?’
Posted in Business, Leadership, Sustainability, management on March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Leadership: Will we ever get it right?
Posted in Business, Government, Leadership, Shared Learning, management on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The idea of leadership engages organisations, and indeed governments across the world probably more than any other management, or political topic. Indeed, the number of books and courses relating to leadership could be described as overwhelming.
Yet, for all that, along with the ongoing research surrounding leadership there remains the ambiguity about what leadership really is.
Over the past century, or [...]
AIG – An Organization Without Leadership
Posted in Business, Leadership, Sustainability, management, philosophy on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An organization with the guile to insist on paying (with, or without , contracts) bonuses of $165 so as to keep ‘top’ people on board, that is after receiving billions of dollars of taxpayer’s money in order to bail it out following the lost billions of dollars making crazy decisions, is to say the least, bizarre.
However, it should not [...]
The Misunderstanding of Leadership
Posted in Business, Leadership, management on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The other day I was revisiting some chapters in a book on leadership I bought some years ago called ‘Leadership A to Z’ by James O’Toole and published by Jossey-Bass Inc. In a section called Apologia he wrote:
“Yes, indeed, everyone today is more than a little cynical about leaders and leadership.” Today, ten years following the book’s [...]
