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Leadership articles

Accidental Leader Roger Delves
February 6, 2018

The Accidental Leader

Given the responsibility but often not the support. Given the title but often not the training. Really good at their functional expertise – make for great architects or engineers or whatever they excel in – but they struggle with the demands of leadership. They're accidental leaders.

CEO resolutions
January 16, 2018

CEOs and top leaders reveal their New Year’s resolutions

Kicking off the new year, I did a quick survey among CEOs and top business leaders. Revealing thoughtful, colorful and candid answers, we see developing the willingness to change is key in any journey to improvement.

virtual team management
January 9, 2018

6 tips for managing virtual teams

Virtual teams are becoming the norm as organizations increasingly operate on the global stage.  Managing a globally dispersed team is, however, very different to working in a face-to-face environment.  Different time zones, language barriers, cultural differences and poor engagement are among the challenges that managers of geographically dispersed teams have to deal with on a regular basis.

TEDx Kerrie Fleming
December 25, 2017

TEDxHultAshridge: What kind of leader are you?

Kerrie Fleming, Hult Ashridge Professor, discusses relying on both ego and eco intelligence as the new leadership model

The right way to find your mentor
December 18, 2017

Mentors matter: Here’s the right way to find yours

Everyone agrees mentors important and yet, most likely everything you have ever been told or taught about finding a mentor is wrong. Dead wrong.

Hult TedX talk with Ali Fenwick
November 21, 2017

A reflective mindset – the secret to adapting to change

In this TEDx talk, Professor Ali Fenwick discusses the strategies that encourage a reflective mindset—one which helps us adapt to rapid change. Watch now.