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A particular type of story that gets retold in organisations is the story about when ‘power’ was challenged and the result. We collected the following …

I was asked last week about the practical application of things we cover in our Storytelling for Leaders workshop. Fortunately, we had a very recent …

People judge their leaders by how their actions align with their words. And how aligned these two things are then triggers stories that get told, …

As a manager, I have always had a lot of time for people who might not be overly talented but who always try their hardest. …

Last Thursday, I met an executive encountering some significant challenges in a major culture change underway in his organisation. He had been inspired to use …

Joseph Jiminez joined Novartis in 2007 as Head of Consumer Health, in charge of the over the counter business. He had a background in consumer …

Cynthia A. Montgomery is the Timken Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. One of the programs she teaches is for accomplished executives and …

I read a really interesting interview this morning with Jason Fried, founder and CEO of 37signals, a software company based in Chicago. 37signals are renowned …

Hierarchies are great at running established organisations but they are notoriously slow in reacting to major changes. Its not really a problem when your strategy …