For the Nobel-Prize economist Joseph Stiglitz happiness is just as important as the measure of the economic success, or failure, of a society. For Stiglitz, along with a growing number of serious economists the question is whether a single-minded objective to economic growth has led to governments neglecting other important goals. Goals such as social [...]
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The Measure of National Happiness
Posted in Business, Government, Sustainability, environment, philosophy, psychology on September 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Myth and Danger of the Powerful Leader
Posted in Business, Government, leaders, management on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There are no leaders, or managers, without personal frailty or imperfections.
One of the crucial issues confronting organizations, and indeed societies, is the nature of the association between management and employees, between leaders and lead. At the centre of this linkage is the issue of power and control. Unhappily, as leaders gain power and influence all too [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Leadership and the Unpredictable (1)
Posted in Business, Government, Leadership, management on December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It could be said that leadership is about trust, respect, supporting, empowerment, empathy, motivation, challenging, direction-setting, communicating etc. However, in the list of what leadership is all about there is one attribute that is all too often overlooked, and that is its role in dealing with the world of the unpredictable.
In many ways the world [...]
The Purpose of Leadership: 3
Posted in Business, Education, Government, Leadership, Shared Learning, Sustainability, management, philosophy on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Most everyone would agree that leadership is important in some way or other. Not only for people themselves, but for business, for organizations and for the nation itself. However, there the agreement ends. Why?
Well there is, as far as I know, no common agreement concerning what leadership is about, or even agreement about what the meaning [...]
The Myth of Management
Posted in Business, Government, Leadership, learning, management on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Paul Kearns writing in the current issue of Training Zone draws attention to the fact that practically every business school in the world failed to “predict the catastrophic failure in the global financial system, or influence its outcome.” A fact that has shown us once again the myth of management development.
The author also points to [...]
‘Leadership: The Most Misused Word in the English Language’
Posted in Government, Leadership, Shared Learning, Sustainability, learning on November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Via the exercise of leadership our hunter-gatherer ancestors were able to find their way through an often perilous world. They were able to do so by acknowledging the value of cooperation and networking. If they hadn’t I would not be here now writing this blog, nor would you be around to read it.
In short, hunter-gatherer peoples [...]
Leadership and the Presidential Election
Posted in Government, Leadership, Sustainability on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today the call for ‘leadership’, or ‘change of leadership’, has never been greater. Witness today’s presidential election. Again we have the call for leadership regarding the present global financial crisis etc.
The question is: What is it exactly that people are asking for when calling for leadership? The problem is that ‘leadership’ is all too often simply [...]
