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The best leaders – and I include some of the toughest when I say “best leaders” – lead with love. So if you want to be the best leader you can be, you may want to consider how well you let your innate love flow when you are leading because love is a hidden key to effective leadership.
Do you feel love is a strange word to use when we’re talking about leadership? It’s not if you think about it. Consider exceptional leaders like Abraham Lincoln, General Eisenhower and Mahatma Gandhi. Continue reading →
Intuitively, we all know change can be uncomfortable. And probably a leader’s greatest challenge is leading change. What few know is that neuroscience is starting to explain why it’s so hard.
Andy Murray, the British tennis player lost in the semi-finals at Wimbledon two days ago to Rafael Nadal. The consensus among ex-players and tennis commentators is that Murray has all the shots needed to win a grand slam, but he hasn’t yet broken through. Frustratingly for him, he was in charge of his match against Nadal until his level of play dropped after the first set.
It’s clear that Murray faces two psychological challenges in trying to become a grand slam champion and anyone wanting to be an effective leader can learn from what he’s facing. Here’s why. Continue reading →
A leader who isn’t giving direction and communicating progress isn’t leading. For how can there be real leadership if there’s no direction, no vision, no sense of destination?