25th January 2010
Copyright (c) 2010 Phillip Ralph
Jan, a respected leader in a bank, was considered to be a results-driven, no nonsense type of leader. She and her division always met their financial targets. In fact she was one of the few of her peer group who was a...
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12th January 2010
Copyright (c) 2010 Phillip Ralph
A friend of mine, John, was recently despondently describing the state of his life. After working extremely hard for years climbing the corporate ladder - he was wondering whether his 'ladder' was actually leaning again...
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12th January 2010
Copyright (c) 2010 Phillip Ralph
In many ways children know a lot about leadership. Children seem to have a gift for telling it as it is - in effect expressing their thoughts and feelings. My children for example, don't mind telling me that they don't ...
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05th January 2010
Copyright (c) 2010 Phillip Ralph
Two-thirds of all change initiatives fail. This is a sobering fact for all managers and leaders in organizations. A case-in-point is a senior executive we'll call Robert from Magenta (not its real name). Robert neede...
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21st December 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Phillip Ralph
The evidence is overwhelming that taking the wrong action in organisations is endemic. In a study conducted by John Kotter in 1996 and more recently in research conducted by McKinsey, both show that seven out of ten cha...
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