To Survive The Unexpected Step 10: Leading from FAR AWAY One of the benefits of the crisis we are experiencing today has been the rapid development of telework. The availability of powerful and easy-to-use software has made it possible to communicate face-to-face or with several people in an agile, flexible and efficient way. This habit […]

To Survive The Unexpected Leading from BEHIND One of the major things senior managers are expected to do is “Develop people”. Except for those who are so unsure of themselves that they fear they will be outstripped, leaders generally welcome this responsibility. But few of them have received training in pedagogy, or the skills required […]

Survive The Unexpected Step 6: Leading from AHEAD This is the most commonly accepted leadership posture: leaders in front of their troops. The decision-maker who, in the midst of confusion, identifies the right option; the ones who risk fire and emerge victorious along with their (surviving) troops, exhausted but happy. But let’s look beyond this […]

An old proverb says that “literature proliferates in the empty spaces of societies”. In other words, we discuss and re-discuss our weak points – the things we consider are missing in our environment and what we should be aiming for. If we look at it in those terms, the absolute LDH (Leadership Development Hysteria) that […]

“We want all our leaders, around the world, to align around a single set of leadership behaviors… as of Monday, if possible. Anyway, our leadership profile is on the intranet. So it should work”. Alignment!  Metaphors are what they are. Let me try one. Wandering in a newly replanted patch of forest is basically moving […]