Thoughts on leadership – Integrity

Integrity can be defined as the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles.  It can also be defined as a state of being whole and undivided.  Both these aspects are important in assessing leadership – particularly when we are trying to...

Thoughts on leadership – The Three Cs

The British Army has been providing courses on leadership development at Sandhurst since 1812 when it was recognised that leading men into battle required more than an aristocratic background.  I was at a leadership seminar there recently where the commandant was...

Thoughts on leadership – questions

“Management is about answers.   Leadership is about questions”.   There have been many acres of newsprint dedicated to defining the difference between management and leadership and there is no simple answer.  If we assume that the...

Thoughts on leadership – self-awareness

Leadership can be simply defined as “the act of motivating a group of people to act towards achieving a common goal”.     What this means in practice, and what it takes to be a “good” leader has been a topic of discussion for...

NED debate

 “This House believes that Non-Executive Directors do not do enough for company Profits!”  A good-natured debate aimed at finding out what makes the best NED for a business sponsored by Russam GMS Ltd. Click download below for Janice...