What am I going to do with you lot? or Nurturing your team
what am I going to do with you lot?
or…nurturing your team
“Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing”
Tom Peters.
Tag: leadership
The Common Touch
You may recall that Gerald Grosvenor, the Duke of Westminster died in August 2016. Like most people I heard of his death via the British media. He was famous for his great wealth generated through his business’s property holdings and investments. Those people who were aware of him would normally refer to him in sentences that included “he’s the richest man in England” or “he makes the Queen look poor”. For most, It was his vast wealth that defined him.
Change: don’t sell it, live it and lead it
CHANGE; It’s one of the those subjects, everyone has an opinion on it, you are unlikely to meet someone who hasn’t experienced it and, of course, no one has a good word to say about it. Wether we are 18 or 80, stuck in our ways or a self titled ‘free thinker’ we just don’t do change; its irritating and unnecessary.
Who’s made the first team? Selecting the right people
“whenever feasible pick your team on character, not skills. You can teach skills; you can’t teach character”
Sir Ranulph Fiennes
“This is as clear as mud…great!”
The more confusing the better (or ambiguity…I love it).
Clarity…it’s not terribly clear.
Whilst being in charge (ideally) requires clarity, lateral thought, creativity and a high degree of intellectual bravery, it is more often epitomised by fogginess, confusion and ambiguity. Most people will have aspired to clarity but hit the brick wall of obscuration on more than one occasion; indeed my experience suggests that the moments of clarity are only achieved by spending some time in the quagmire of confusion!
