Succession leadership is the ability to pass on your leadership responsibility to another capable of the task. To be able to spot potential leaders to take your place, as you step down, in a smooth Read more
Women leaders who have changed the course of history
Women have certainly influenced and changed society and nations throughout history. Below is a small sample of some of these great women. I have mainly chosen those who have been leaders of people but there Read more
Leadership: valleys and wilderness years
Surprisingly when we delve into history and into the lives of influential leaders you start to discover that often, but not always, they have been through ‘hard times’ or ‘wilderness years’. I perceive that these Read more
Leadership: Business leaders at the top of their game
I don’t know about you but I need people to emulate, inspire and learn from to push me forward and to grow in the area of leadership. There are many and varied forms of leadership Read more
Leadership: nature or nurture?
Can good leadership be taught directly or caught by osmosis? Or are we born with leadership genes? Or is it a combination of both? In today’s society we need good leaders. Studies show ‘80% of Read more
Leadership: men and women of Vision
One characteristic I have noticed throughout history is that leaders are often visionaries. Examples are many and varied and below are just a few examples pulled out of the hat that have inspired generations. Steve Read more
Shackleton – Success under failure
In late 1914 Ernest Shackleton and a team of 27 men sail towards the South Pole to be the first to cross the Antartic continent but unfortunately the expedition became a failure very early on Read more
