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Steven D’Souza’s big idea - the power of the unknown
The unknown is a place for opportunity, says Steven D'Souza, Associate Professor at IE Business School, Madrid. In this 'Contemporary leadership' video, find out how leaders can use experimentation and discovery to find solutions to new problems.
- Culture
- Development
Audio/Video 16 Mar 2016 -
Four thoughts on leadership
Des Dearlove and Stuart Crainer from Thinkers50 talk about four challenges leaders face throughout their journey. Listen to the podcast to find out about developing slow leadership.
- Culture
- Development
Audio/Video 14 Mar 2016 -
Connoisseurs of talent
“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him,” wrote Nicolo Machiavelli. He was right. In this 'Contemporary leadership' article, Stuart Crainer looks at an important leadership quality - discovering great talent.
- Culture
- Development
Article 7 Mar 2016 -
Leader know thyself
Self-awareness is an integral part of authentic leadership. But it does not require years of psychoanalysis. It is about making a connection, knowing what and how much of yourself, your strengths and weaknesses, and idiosyncrasies to reveal to others.
- Culture
- Development
Article 1 Mar 2016 -
What can coaching do for you?
We spoke with Alexis Hutson from the FMLM coaching network about why coaching is such a powerful tool for personal growth and why she is so passionate about her profession.
- Development
Audio/Video 26 Feb 2016 -
Are you a trigger-happy leader?
Are you a highly responsive person? Are you so easily triggered that you respond in an uninterrupted A to B sequence that leaves no breathing room for hesitation, reflection and choice? Dr. Marshall Goldsmith reflects on how a trigger works and influences our behaviour.
- Culture
- Development
Article 24 Feb 2016 -
Toolkit to improve team collaboration
The King's Fund has developed a toolkit with Future-Focused Finance to overcome barriers between clinical and finance teams. Crossing professional boundaries - a toolkit for collaborative teamwork is free to NHS organisations.
- Development
Toolkit 19 Feb 2016 -
In conversation with Steve Radcliffe
Drawing from his experience of over 20 years of providing coaching to chief executives and managers in the NHS and other government departments, Steve Radcliffe talks about the Future - Engage - Deliver approach to coaching.
- Development
Audio/Video 15 Feb 2016 -
Liz Wiseman’s big idea - 'multiplier' vs 'diminisher' leaders
Inside organisations, there’s more intelligence than we can see with the naked eye – and it takes a certain type of leader to amplify, unleash and harness the intelligence of others. A former executive at Oracle, Liz Wiseman discusses the difference between a ‘multiplier’ and a ‘diminsher’ leader.
- Culture
Audio/Video 12 Feb 2016 -
Herminia Ibarra’s big idea - 'now' is the time
Now is the best moment for managers to step up to leadership, without the benefits of a formal job move or an anticipated promotion – Herminia Ibarra, Professor of Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD and author of ‘Act like a leader, think like a leader’, shares her suggestions on how to do this.
- Culture
- Development
Audio/Video 1 Feb 2016 -
Is leadership making progress?
Talking with Professor Stew Friedman of the famous Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, I told him I’d been struck by the powerful strain of optimism in his work.
- Culture
Article 29 Jan 2016 -
Learning leadership
Thinkers 50's Stuart Crainer interviews business leaders to share advice on learning leadership. "That’s the thing about learning: we need space to do it. We don’t always get it right straight away. That’s why the learning leader gives people room to fail – including themselves."
- Culture
Article 27 Jan 2016 -
Triggers can be positive or negative
I love my job! The only tough part of my profession as an executive coach and management speaker is that I travel constantly. On American Airlines alone, I have over 11 million frequent flyer miles.Article 21 Jan 2016
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The Public Health England report on sugar - What's it all about?
Public Health England’s (PHE) ‘Sugar reduction: the evidence for action’ report was released in October 2015. It discussed the evidence, problems and actions needed to counter the growing issue of high-sugar consumption in the UK.
- Outcomes
- Quality improvement
Briefing 18 Jan 2016 -
Defining leadership
The first in a new monthly series of podcasts produced in collaboration with Thinkers 50, the episode reviews some of Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove’s favourite definitions of leadership.
- Culture
- Development
Audio/Video 18 Jan 2016 -
Clinical Fellow Scheme – what’s it all about?
FMLM hosted a webinar with four fellows from our current cohort to give all those interested in applying to the scheme insights into what it means to be a clinical fellow.
- Development
Audio/Video 8 Jan 2016 -
How to make 2016 your best year ever
To make resolutions that matter, don't look forward. Look back. By February, half of all New Year's resolutions are broken, a thing of the past, a distant, abandoned memory.
- Development
Article 6 Jan 2016 -
Leadership - built on values
At the end of the 1980s I spent an afternoon with the great management thinker Peter Drucker. He recounted stories of encounters with Sigmund Freud when he was a child in Vienna, coming to London to work with the Economist.
- Culture
Article 4 Jan 2016 -
Leaders know what matters
“Attention is the chief bottleneck in organisational activity, and the bottleneck becomes narrower and narrower as we move to the top of organisations,” noted Herbert Simon, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University.
- Culture
- Development
Article 29 Dec 2015 -
It takes two
Do we have unrealistic expectations of our corporate and political leaders? This was one of the questions we asked Harvard Business School’s Rosabeth Moss Kanter.
- Culture
Article 11 Dec 2015