Lake Hayes, New Zealand

Don’t be a leader. Develop Followership.

Google ‘Leadership’ and you get over 300 million returns. Countless words have been written about leadership – what it is, how to develop it and how to use it.  Leaders in our culture are often seen as singular figures possibly scaling a mountain, posing majestically in silhouette in individual triumph. In corporate culture, it’s arguably …

One Shocking Change You’re Not Prepared For When You Become a Manager

I’ve led dozens of seminars, courses and leadership meetings with new managers and unsurprisingly, there is a seam of anxiety that runs through these sessions that manifests itself in different behaviors: nervousness, faint hostility and even some shaky optimism. Often, the participants are mostly concerned about the compliance of management; i.e. how do I make …