Tag Archives: leadership

What makes a good leader?

What makes a good leader?

The age-old question people have remains – are leaders made or are they born? From warlords like Attila the Hun or Alexander the Great to modern-day leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi and Abraham Lincoln, it is clear that some people are born with certain traits that make them great leaders. However, it is also true that even […] … learn more→

What is it like to take a leadership role at a university?

What is it like to take a leadership role at a university?

Entering senior management marks perhaps the profoundest transition in an academic career. It is the point at which the job description changes from tasks, such as research and teaching, in which scholars have had years of training and practice, to those in which they may have precious little prior experience and expertise. And failure is […] … learn more→

Want to be a great leader? Never stop learning.

Want to be a great leader? Never stop learning.

Do you want to be more than just a manager at a company? Are you seeking to improve your leadership persona to get ahead in life and at the same time lead other people to success? Is it that you have no idea about leadership, but you believe that it’s time to change for the […] … learn more→

Top 9 leadership tips to successfully inculcate leadership

There is a wide range of leadership tips for you to consider. Eventually, it might happen that everyone who’s has utilised some days in a professional setting may proclaim themselves as experts on leadership. The reason is that there is a whole lot of information available for anyone to learn all about leadership for an […] … learn more→

Reaching for the seminal moment

For most of my professional career, I have believed that institutions, more or less, happen upon a seminal moment in their evolution. Indeed, when approached about consulting or management opportunities I typically first begin by looking at some combination of ethos, culture, board and management leadership, and cold, hard numbers to determine the possible. It […] … learn more→

Foster the people

Rebuilding American manufacturing is possible — but will require new ideas about turning lab breakthroughs into new products and a refurbished, highly skilled workforce, a group of scholars, industry leaders and government officials emphasized at a MIT conference. “The U.S. continues to be very innovative, but somehow downstream there seems to be a break,” said […] … learn more→