For most of human history people lived in small groups of no more than 150. These families or small villages could be sustained through a hierarchy led by strong individuals – we call them Rulers. The attributes of leaders which make them Rulers survive today and form the 2nd of…
31. Who are You…?
This series about Felt Leadership is based on Charles Handy’s 4 Organizational Cultures – Person, Power, Task and Role. To make this more meaningful for individuals we picture a leader as a combination of 4 different “people” – Person, Ruler, Worker & Organizer… We call these 4 the “Leadership Team”.…
29. About “Felt Leadership”…
“Leadership Style’ is the most written about topic in the Leadership Industry, also the most complex, so we at Balancedkaizen have taken some time to try to simplify our approach to this important topic. In our next series of posts we seek to examine some common “style” attributes, in the…
27. Respect
The final post in our series on making Values work for you covers the 5th most popular, yet most mysterious Value – Respect. Respect is unique as a Value because almost everybody wants it but few want to give it, at least not freely… Respect and Humility are often confused…
24. Performance
Who doesn’t want to perform well? Who doesn’t want to succeed? Aren’t Performance or Success or Striving for better motherhood values? Their place as the 2nd most popular “Corporate Value” is interesting. Perhaps the need to focus on “Performance” betrays a frustration that not everyone in organizations are equally committed…
11. The Boy who cried Wolf
An important management lesson was written over 2600 years ago. It’s a story about a shepherd boy who gives fake warnings about a wolf attacking his sheep to get attention from the villagers. Unfortunately his fake reports prove fatal later when an actual wolf attacks him and the villagers don’t…
10. What you see is what you get.
Napoleon Bonaparte, arguably one of the most successful military leaders in history, owed part of his success on the battlefield to his ability to choose a place to fight. When he could, he fought where he could see the whole battlefield, and then positioned himself so that he could see.…