The Positive Leadership Journal
Kitty Chisholm, professional coach, facilitator and Founder Director of Boardwalk, an organisation which supports women in achieving their full leadership potential, shares an impactful piece of advice she has received: Chisholm thinks this advice...
Kim Cameron, William Russell Kelly Professor of Management and Organizations at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, shares some impactful advice he has received: Kim Cameron recalls an early conversation with a...
Young people have been seen as well as heard in Scotland of late. At the recent Scottish Parliamentary elections earlier in May, young people aged 16 and 17 voted for the first time in...
Boomy Tokan recommends Chernow’s autobiography of business tycoon and ground-breaking philanthropist John D. Rockefeller. John D. Rockefeller was an extremely shrewd businessman, and when it came to his philanthropic activities he was a great...
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Workplace diversity is important as it improves the performance of the team. Many companies focus on diversity when they are hiring new people. A whole system analysis is essential before the recruitment process, to...
No matter where are you going in the world, there is Coca-Cola – shares her experience Melinda French Gates. Food, clean water and necessary health care may not be available but you can get...
Michael Bungay Stanier, the interviewee from our last issue, recommended this book, saying that readers can get a real insight into coaching from this well-known and influential writer. Bungay Stanier says “Schein has written...
Featured / Management / People
Ann Francke, Chief Executive of the Chartered Management Institute and author of the Financial Times Guide to Management: How to Make a Difference and Get Results, shares the best piece of advice she has...
It is not just the money that can make us feel good about our job, it’s a lot more complex than that. In his TED Talk, Dan Ariely, Professor of Psychology and Behavioural Economics...
Giving a talk on The Art of Conversation, I mentioned a kind of conversation called Thing Talk. Thing Talk is conversation about such subjects as weather, cars, fashion, computers, banks, money, widgets and whatsits, facts...
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Boomy Tokan small business consultant, the founder of Start Your Own Business Academy, speaker and author shares his most impactful piece of advice: Tokan suggests to make little tweaks and there will come a time...
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Henry Stewart, the interviewee in our last edition, recommended this book, saying that it changed his life and his organisation as well. Maverick by Ricardo Semler is a story of a Brazilian businessman who...
Management / People / Teams
Maybe you’re looking for the right qualifications. Or the right experience. Or the perfect hard skills. Or great soft skills. Or an outstanding work ethic, or proven leadership ability, or seamless cultural fit. Or,...
In her TED Talk, Regina Hartley, UPS’s human resources director makes an argument that candidates who often don’t look that good on paper might be the ones that you want to hire, rather than...
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Henry Stewart is the founder and Chief Executive of London-based training business Happy Ltd. Happy was rated one of the top 20 workplaces in the UK for 5 successive years and now helps other...
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This issue’s recommended read is a freshly published book by Robert Quinn. The Positive Organization is an excellent summary about how you apply some of the ideas of positive psychology in workplaces in a...
In his TED Talk, Philip Evans explains why traditional business strategy no longer works in today’s modern business world. What does the future of business look like? Nowadays, technology is the driving force. Businesses...
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