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TRUST IS KEY TO SUCCESSFUL DISTRIBUTED WORKPLACES
By Dave Hickey Around 1998/99 when the tech company I worked with was running out of office space for all the people needed in Galway and in other global locations, it launched a campaign to encourage home working – ‘[email protected]’. There were mugs, pens and nice...
LEADING AWAY FROM FEAR…TOWARDS HOPE
By Dave Hickey Leadership matters most – and is hardest to do well – when people face tangible threats, when old ways of working or interacting with others are no longer possible, and when confusion and anxiety abound. These are brutal times for business, for business...
Transforming a Business Needs Different Leadership
By Dave Hickey The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored that need for businesses to transform. Most organisations have already launched rapid measures in response to the situation, driven by the necessity to retain revenue and jobs. Changes to processes, supply chains,...
Speakers and programme finalised for Leading At The Edge
The programme for Leading At The Edge Online, taking place on 7th October, has been finalised today. There will be a total of 11 speakers over eight sessions in different formats - including presentations, interviews, round-tables and an interactive session with Kelly...
Changing Culture and Improving Engagement With Story
By Dave Hickey This picture tells a story. Even when we don’t know the context, as with this image, our minds immediately create a narrative to frame this, so strong is our reliance on story as a way of understanding, engaging with and remembering what’s happening...
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...