By Elisabeth Goodman, 16th August 2022 The latest issue of Harvard Business Review carries two articles that are relevant to two aspects of our work: The strategic planning exercises that RiverRhee facilitates with leaders through our Transition to Leadership course Issues relating to conflict management that can come up in my one-to-one coaching. Strategic planning …
“Contextual intelligence” and related leadership skills Read More »
By Elisabeth Goodman, 16th November 2020 I have just come off a panel discussion at Bio Integrates 2020 (Life Science Integrates), on “Diversity Driving Decisions”, hosted by One Nucleus‘ CEO Tony Jones and accompanied by Joanna Gould, CEO and co-founder of VisusNano. The conference organisers cited an article by Anna Powers, which found that diverse …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 14th September 2020 Expanding established leadership models I referenced Dr Jeffrey Hull’s FIERCE model of leadership in an earlier blog (Flexing your leadership style for greater inclusivity, inspiration and impact) after hearing him speak at a conference in June. I have since read Hull’s book (2019), and found that it both expands …
From alpha to beta and back again – 21st century leadership Read More »
By Elisabeth Goodman, 1st July 2020 My copy of the July-August issue of Harvard Business Review has arrived and it includes a great read about power in leadership (Long Lingo and McGinn 2020) that dovetails nicely with one of the presentations at the recent “Coaching in the Workplace” conference (Hull 2020). The days of control …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 7th January 2020 As we begin a new year, and a new decade, finding ways that we can get on better with each other at work, in our families, and in all spheres of life has got to be a good thing! Francesca Gino’s article with her great tips for effective collaboration …
By Elisabeth Goodman, 5th August 2019 Remember Gary Hamel’s article last November about how to retain employee engagement in growing and large organisations? The latest issue of Harvard Business Review (July – August 2019) carries two articles that provide some stimulating and converging ideas about how to achieve employee engagement through a combination of control …
The soul of a start-up, nimble leadership, flexibility and control Read More »
By Elisabeth Goodman, 14th May 2019 Working across silos – an enabler for developing leadership skills I recently delivered one of RiverRhee‘s and PERLA‘s Transition to Leadership courses where we share, amongst other information, Michael D Watkins’ “7 seismic shifts” for new leaders. An essential skill, when moving into a leadership role, is the ability …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 3rd April 2019 Exploring ways to find the “sweet spot” in collaborating with others is a particularly salient topic in the current political climate. Thomas Kilmann’s model is an excellent guide on how to do this, which we illustrate in RiverRhee’s training on Assertiveness, and in our management training on Dealing with …
By Elisabeth Goodman, 25th March 2019 The March-April 2019 issue of Harvard Business Review features an article by Mihnea Moldoveanu and Das Narayandas on “The future of leadership development” (pp. 40-48). The article focuses on the need to build “personal learning clouds”(PLCs) that embrace remote learning platforms to compensate for the shortfalls of more traditional …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 5th February 2019 Here we are at the twelfth and last of the booklets that I have been working my way through in these blogs, and in my RiverRhee newsletters (see full list in the notes below.) Each booklet has provided me with some terrific insights, and ones that we have also …
Inspirational Leadership – through the lens of Emotional Intelligence Read More »
