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Female leadership traits make for better organisations
By Dave Hickey Most of us have a picture in our heads of what a good leader looks like or at least how they behave and what they do for an organisation. This is often shaped by our own experiences of good bosses or bad bosses; from our engagement in sport or other...
What makes a good leader?
By Dave Hickey We don’t have to look far to identify examples of bad leadership at least in the public arena. Or at the very least leadership in bad faith – that is promising to do one thing and promptly doing something to the contrary. Golfgate, Boris’ Brexit...
Leadership in a crisis is demanding: Look after you!
By Dave Hickey In today’s economy stress, inattention and change are the norm. We’re doing more with less. Visions are getting bigger and timelines are getting shorter. The Pandemic and its continuing impact have brought this into even sharper focus. Our business...
Speed of Execution: An Essential for Survival in this Next Normal
By Dave Hickey Back when Tom Peters’ ‘In Search of Excellence’ was about the only business book anyone had read, the concept of ‘Ready, Fire, Aim’ was one that resonated. It emphasised a bias for action and speed in execution. The phrase was used as the title of...
‘Purpose’: How it should define your leadership and improve your business
By Dave Hickey 89% of your colleagues are not engaged at work* 82% of US employees say purpose is important to their business but many say their organisations don’t have one ** Imagine if employee engagement moved from 11% to 33%. It’s still low, but three times...
Has COVID Changed How You Lead?
By Dave Hickey The humanitarian challenge of COVID-19 is massive. Millions of people are ill, hundreds of thousands have died, unemployment is rife in the world’s strongest economies and governments are struggling to deliver critical services. Businesses across the...
Changing Consumer Behaviours: Your business needs to react
Consumer beliefs and behaviours changed quickly during the COVID-19 lockdown and these changes are continuing as societies re-emerge. What does this mean for your business? Can you change how you operate to take advantage of this mini-revolution?
Kelly Swanson and The Story Formula
Listen to one of the World’s great storytellers Kelly Swanson reveal the secrets to her act.
Leading into 2021: Four areas that need your focus
For many businesses the toughest leadership test is looming. How do you bring a business back – or re-start a start-up – when economies are still reeling and facing massive uncertainty
What’s new in Leading At the Edge Online?
Co-founder of Leading At The Edge Kevin Kelly explains what's new in the re-focused and lower cost online Leading At The Edge conference on 7th October 2020.