Mindful leadership

“We are all leaders. Leadership is not a position, it is a mindset” Fredrik Arnander author of ‘We are all Leaders

A mindful leader is someone who embodies leadership presence by cultivating focus, clarity, creativity and compassion to reach common goals that maximize the well being of all stakeholders.

Changing face of leadership

Changing Face of Leadership

Our world is changing as witnessed by the Brexit vote, the election of Donald Trump in the U.S. and Italy’s decision not to accept the proposal for reform to governance leading to Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s resignation.

Mark Carney speaking in Liverpool’s John Moore University warned that people will reject free and open markets unless something is done to help those left behind by the financial crisis and globalisation.

“Globalisation is associated with low wages, insecure employment, stateless corporations and striking inequalities.” read more

By Alison Wem, ago

New style leadership

Increased automation leads to new style leadership

In the UK we need to be competitive but we also need to improve our productivity.  To achieve both we need to take a fresh approach to our leadership style.

At a Big Data conference given by @cloudera: Bernard Marr, bestselling author and leading business and data expert, stated how the pace of business processes automation is accelerating.  For example; sports commentaries originally written by journalists are now written by a computer by analysing the photos of match play and the players’ performance and strategies – truly amazing. read more

By Alison Wem, ago