Being an “authentic leader” depends on how you define the term as the concept of Authentic Leadership is still evolving.

It’s important to recognise that employees look up to a leader who can lead, who demonstrates positive values, and who demonstrate the behaviours they want others to adopt. This ...

Picture this: you’re sitting in a business meeting watching proceedings. The senior multi-cultural manager attendees are meeting to resolve a major issue.

The leader, who has been in the industry and CEO of the organisation for a couple of decades, is chairing the meeting.

There is general agreeme...

When we speak of “leadership” most people unsurprisingly think of CEOship.
The reality is that although CEOs are certainly leaders, there are other leaders in the organisation apart from the CEO.
Every person who has the responsibility for other people, is a leader of those people, regardless of where...

Business or organizational benefits are the positive outcomes and features that contribute to the achievement of the organization’s objectives. In the context of change and project management, they are the positive outcomes and features caused by, generated by, or produced by the effective managemen...

This blog post is a chapter extract from the book by Cenred Harmsworth and Dr Jack Jacoby: Managing Change Initiatives
Available in Hard Back, Soft Back and eBook from Amazon.

DEFINITION AND OVERVIEW

A business case presents and assesses the business justification for initiating a task or project.

We regularly deliver insightful and thought-provoking webinars for senior executives in order to help them reach their goals.

You may be wondering about the connection between Robin Speculand’s Strategy Implementation webinar and the critical 12 Pivot-Points methodology that is Advisory & Mentoring...

Extract from the book by Cenred Harmsworth and Dr Jack Jacoby, Managing Change Initiatives
Available in Hard Back, Soft Back and eBook from Amazon

DEFINITION AND OVERVIEW

Preparing for change is the assessment, consideration, and preparation an organization makes before the change process actually ...

The general understanding of the term “maturity” is of a person behaving emotionally and mentally as would an adult, and immaturity is behaving as an adult wouldn’t.

Based on the people we have known during our lives, it would be hard to convince us that all leaders are mature, even though they may...

When talking with the shareholders and directors of major corporations, it is increasingly common to hear them talk of the difficulty they experience in maintaining control over their corporations and, more importantly, ensuring that the corporation delivers that which is expected of it by its owner...

Project governance refers to the management framework in which the project will be “held accountable” to the authority of the organization.

Some people say that governance is the way decisions are made. In reality, it’s more about the way in-project decisions are reviewed and authorized to ensure:

When a leader appears to have little confidence in their own judgement and abilities, why should the leader’s followers respect what the leader says or does?

Personal confidence is confidence in oneself, in one’s own judgement, in one’s own experience, and can be considered to be one’s self-esteem....

As a result of the work we do, we know that there are no “perfect” organisations. They all struggle with their own problems, challenges, issues, and opportunities.

Sometimes, a group of executives knowledgeable of the issue, sit down and navigate path forward. It may not be an ideal solution, but i...