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Leadership, Politics, Public Policy

Take me to your leader: omnibus edition

5th Jul 2021by Roger HuttonLeave a Comment on Take me to your leader: omnibus edition
Take me to your leader: omnibus edition

I’ve been meaning for some time to take the three blogs on leadership I did a while ago and put them together into one longer blog addressing the question, what makes a good leader? So here it is.  I’m going to start with a slightly controversial point: not everyone in a leadership position is actually [...]

brexit, Leadership, Politics

The closing of the English mind

14th Jun 202114th Jun 2021by Roger Hutton6 Comments on The closing of the English mind
The closing of the English mind

I’ve heard Leave-voters say that, after a period of adjustment, Brexit Britain will end up little different to the UK that previously enjoyed EU membership. I guess they mean in economic terms: we'll still be a rich, G7 nation, just not a member of the EU's structures nor a participant in its processes.  Hmm…possibly. It [...]

Leadership, Politics, Public Policy

Sounds like a plan

24th May 202124th May 2021by Roger Hutton3 Comments on Sounds like a plan
Sounds like a plan

Picture the scene. Night had fallen, it was snowing heavily, and an alpine pass beckoned.  'I'm not so sure this is a good idea, 'I said to my friend. 'Driving over the Alps in this weather. Perhaps we should find a hotel for tonight and try in the morning'.   ‘Don’t be such a worrier, Rog’, [...]

Leadership, Organisations, Technology

A Zoom with a view

29th Mar 202129th Mar 2021by Roger Hutton2 Comments on A Zoom with a view
A Zoom with a view

While there are plenty of other videoconferencing applications out there, it’s Zoom, like Hoover, that has so emphatically entered the language that it’s been promoted from noun to verb. Hence the title (and the third in my triptych of EM Forster puns, for which I apologise). But videoconferencing in general is my theme. Against the [...]

Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Organisations

A room with more than one view

2nd Mar 20212nd Mar 2021by Roger Hutton6 Comments on A room with more than one view
A room with more than one view

Hands up who wants to make bad decisions? No-one, of course. But then, they do still keep getting made. What’s going on? Individuals slip up - of course they do. But sometimes they’re trapped in an organisational culture where the chances of slipping up are significantly higher. There might be a number of factors in [...]

Leadership, Organisations, Politics

Take me to your leader part 3

25th Jan 202125th Jan 2021by Roger HuttonLeave a Comment on Take me to your leader part 3
Take me to your leader part 3

In parts 1 and 2 of this series of blogs, I discussed the need for leaders to engage with their people, and to have a realisable vision of the future by being what I called a ‘time traveller’. They need to be able both to lead people and to deliver. This time I’d like to [...]

Leadership, Organisations, Politics

Take me to your leader part 2

7th Dec 20207th Dec 2020by Roger Hutton3 Comments on Take me to your leader part 2
Take me to your leader part 2

Here’s my second look at the question of what makes a great leader.  Previously, I focused on a leader’s personal qualities. I argued in favour of character, and subsequently I realised that some of the qualities I listed set the bar quite high. Some readers’ comments suggested that good leaders might also be flawed personalities, [...]

Leadership, Organisations, Politics

Take me to your leader part 1

12th Nov 202013th Nov 2020by Roger Hutton14 Comments on Take me to your leader part 1
Take me to your leader part 1

What makes a good leader? Obviously too big a question to answer in one blog, so I’m going to have several goes at this, spread over the next few months. And I’m going to start with a slightly controversial point: not everyone in a leadership position is actually a leader. Some of them are just [...]

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