At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders at all levels grappled with never-before-experienced challenges, and decisions generally came down from the top about how organizations would respond. Employees looked to leadership to clarify ambiguity and provide direction. Now, as …
Martin de Porres was one of the few people in this world who did not have to delegate. As a 15th-century Peruvian saint known to bilocate, he probably found existing in two places at once to be very helpful in …
I have an unfortunate chronic ailment: I am a Chicago White Sox baseball fan. I believe the biologists would say that I am the victim of imprinting; when I was boy, soon after I discovered baseball, my team went to …
In previous posts, we’re shared our Model of Strategic Leadership which has at its core the leader’s responsibility for Talent Management. The Model suggests that having very strong teams–comprised of top talent–is a key enabler for the leader to operate …
Ten years ago, it would have seemed absurd to find a hardworking, value-contributing professional suddenly over his head and unable to keep up with the business. Unfortunately, this is not an uncommon event in any number of industries today. The speed …
In a previous post , we discussed the central role which delegation plays in strategic leadership (see illustration below). We stated that among its many effects on business, delegation frees time for executives to lead at a strategic level through …
Somewhere about 10,000 years ago, some Ancient Leader invented delegation in order to get a large set of tasks done that he couldn’t do himself. It must have been quite a breakthrough at the time. Probably spread like wildfire throughout …
Shared leadership seems like an oxymoronic term. The idea stands in stark contrast to the popular notion that leadership in an organization resides in the actions of a single person. Leadership is and has been primarily equated with headship. Hooked to …
