This blog sits very well with my recent post re “How NOT to create an environment for teaming and innovation”. In particular the last 4 minutes of the John Cleese video on creativity.
“Everybody is unique and has the potential to do extraordinary things. The first step is often challenging accepted thinking.” Richard Branson
Successful leadership starts with personal leadership. It starts with becoming aware of our own behaviour styles and the thinking, beliefs and values that lie behind our behaviour. With this awareness we can begin to explore the power of our true potential. Personal awareness is the foundation of authentic leadership. In order to experience authentic leadership,…
Personal Leadership is about personal growth, self fulfilment and the realisation of ones potential. A great place to start developing your Personal Leadership is to explore your values. Core values are fundamental beliefs that are well-developed and have probably been part of your character for years. When you do something that contradicts these values, your intuition, or…
“Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.” ― Carl Sagan
“I once knew a little boy in England who asked his father, “Do fathers always know more than sons?” and the father said, “Yes.” The next question was , “Daddy, who invented the steam engine?” and the father said, “James Watt.” And then the son came back with “—but why didn’t James Watt’s father invent…
The fastest way to learn a topic is to teach it. Having to teach a topic to another creates an internal standard that is highly motivating. It creates an environment for mastery. Effective leaders create environments for others to develop mastery. What will you allow your people to teach you? Effective leaders demonstrate high levels…
