Are Leaders Made or Born: Hard Work vs Talent

Are Leaders Made or Born: Hard Work vs Talent

What do M&S and Chelsea Have in Common?

What do M&S and Chelsea have in common?



Jeff Randall gives you the answer in his piece in today's Daily Telegraph -

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/jeffrandall/6664637/If-Britains-got-talent-why-are-we-being-run-by-foreigners.html

Here's how he concludes his commentary on why, if Britain's got talent, we are now being run by foreigners!

'But here's a thought. If, contrary to jingoistic intuition, an influx of foreign management is really a boon to Britain, why stop there? Why not clear out the muppets who are running British politics and replace them, too, with imported talent? The Canadians have done an impressive job in cutting massive deficits, how about their poaching their leader? Just imagine – we could trade Gordon Brown for Stephen Harper. It seems like a good deal to me.'

What do M&S and Chelsea Have in Common?

Building a 'Leaderful' Team

Dr. Richard Ian "Ric" Charlesworth, M.D., was on the Australian hockey team for five Olympic Games, two of them as captain. He was also part of the team that won the World Cup in 1986. For more than a decade, many considered him the world's best hockey player. After his playing career ended, he went on to be head coach of the Australian women's hockey team, which under him won almost every top hockey contest in the world, including the Champion's Trophy, the World Cup, the Olympics and the Commonwealth Games.

As a coach he has been a revolutionary in his way of building winning organisations, by developing what he calls the "leaderful team," in which every player is prepared, technically and psychologically, to step up to lead--or to step back to support, as needed. The idea is to maximise the potential contribution of every team member in a way never before attempted in sport.

Forbes magazine recently interviewed Ric Charlesworth in two sessions: "How Hierarchies Do Harm" and "How You Can Develop A Leaderful Team" :

http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/16/charlesworth-hierarchy-hockey-leadership-ceonetwork-managing.html?partner=leadership_newsletter

and

http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/23/charlesworth-hierarchy-leaderful-leadership-ceonetwork-managing.html?partner=leadership_newsletter

The articles are well worth reading.

Building a 'Leaderful' Team

Links Between the Lack of Positive Leadership and Stress in the Workplace

A recent study (2009) into 'The Impact of Managerial Leadership on Stress and Health Amongst Employees' by Anna Nyberg of the Karolinska Institutet (Stockholm) reported that:

“… significant associations were found between Dictatorial leadership and lack of Positive leadership on the one hand, and long-lasting stress, emotional exhaustion, deteriorated SRH [self-reported general health], and the risk of leaving the workplace due to poor health or for unemployment on the other hand.”

For more, see - http://diss.kib.ki.se/2009/978-91-7409-614-9/thesis.pdf

Links Between the Lack of Positive Leadership and Stress in the Workplace