Many years ago, I read Stephen Covey’s book The Speed of Trust and attended a workshop that was designed around building trust in teams. Covey’s work has always resonated with me as a leader, as I believe that trust is the basis of every relationship, whether at work or in your personal life. Recently I’ve spent some … Continue reading "Trust and Leadership"
In my last post I spoke about boardroom dynamics – the social patterns that operate in the boardroom that shape the communication processes, which ultimately affect the decision-making capability of the board. They are important because, as Cairns (2003) states in the book Boardrooms that Work: ‘What brings boards and companies down is dysfunction in their … Continue reading "Dysfunctional Boardroom Behaviours (and what to do about them)"
During my 20+ years as a Chair and Non-Executive Director on boards, I have observed a wide range of effective and dysfunctional behaviours in the boardroom.
Different questions that I believe are important for leaders to ask themselves on a regular basis.
Most people agree that ‘resilience’ is the ability to ‘bounce back’ from stressful or challenging experiences, particularly when things don’t go as planned. For me, I did eventually ‘bounce back’.