Napoleon once stated “There are no bad soldiers, only bad officers” and I believe he was absolutely right. Individual incidents and mistakes will always happen but when organisations go seriously wrong it’s because of the leadership culture that exists within the organisation. Invariably when an organisation is in trouble, things are going wrong in several areas. It’s rarely a one-off incident.
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Never more have society’s leaders needed that moral compass as the likelihood of being exposed for wrongdoing is so much greater.
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The Banking industry is at a crossroad it is up to its leaders to rise to the considerable challenge of changing the culture and leading it into a new age.
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One of the key requisites of a modern day leader is fairness. However as humans we all have our favourites and generally they look, behave and think like us! All very well until you remember that diversity is a great asset to any modern team. So leaders how do we get the best out of […]
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“Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly while bad people will find a way around the laws” I cannot help but wonder how more stringent banking legislation or stronger whistle blowing laws will have any sustainable effect in addressing bad leadership?
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Not very long ago, only the good guys did ethical leadership. All very well but it didn’t make much difference to the bottom line apparently. Well life and times in the UK are proving otherwise – get the culture wrong and you could be facing the wall. How the BBC, NHS, most high street banks […]
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but it is the leader’s duty to ensure that the organisation at least keeps up with the environment that sustains it. Leaders must always be in touch with what is going on around them.
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Don’t forget that people run businesses and people are the interface between a business and its customer base if they feel empowered, understand what they have to do and the route they have to take to get there, then they can create extraordinary value and longevity!
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My advice to clients seeking to build an effective team is to do so in their work place and utilising the realities of their environment and day to day work. Doing so smartly can also bring added value in achieving organic development and growth.
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You can shape your destiny or let fate take you to the destination it chooses. All too often we come across businesses that have taken the second option and found they are in a place that they did not want to be!
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