Pause and consider for a moment when people are influencing you — to what extent is it important that you trust them? For most people this is absolutely essential. If you trust them you will believe what they are telling you; you will think that they are genuine in...
The last few articles in this series have been aiming to stretch you understanding of what is going on around you (in your Leadership Arena), and more importantly, who the key people are that could have an impact on what you are trying to achieve. To continue your...
Assuming you are working in a complex leadership arena, you will also be working in a highly political one. The politics may be negative or positive, and this is largely dependent on the amount of damage that is being done and the degree to which people are driving...
For a number of reasons I do not accept public comments on my blog. It is not because I don’t want to hear from you — I definitely want to engage with you as you are growing in influence. Here is one example which I am sharing with you exactly as it happened (no...
In [intlink id="4530" type="post"]The Structure of Your Leadership Arena[/intlink], you will have begun to lay out the groups within your organisational environment, with a natural emphasis on those which are more closely connected with your purpose. [intlink...
As you grow up and experience the world you begin to learn what works and what does not work. When you find something that works, you will tend to repeat it until such time as it is proven conclusively that it no longer works for you. This is how personality evolves...