“Actual productivity = potential productivity – coordination & motivation loss” Rich Kalgradd However, productivity is not the most important factor in team or company success. Like running a race, you will not win by running the fastest in the wrong direction. If you have chosen the right direction, .e., made a good decision about what […]
Tag Archives: process
July
16
Leadership hack 001 – understanding skill and will
posted by Max
Much leadership advice is generic. In this series of posts, I aim to explore tactical tips for leaders to use when facing a specific problem. How do you turn around a poor performing follower? Understanding whether the follower has a lack of skill or lack of will (or even both) is essential to understanding how you […]
July
08
Can leadership be defined? Part 6 – The answer
posted by Max
Over the last four posts, we have explored the four common definitions of leadership – person, process, results and position. By analysing each of these, it is possible to show that each type of definition has both strengths and weakness. Leadership definitions which rely on a leader’s position while evident, are unhelpful. By defining a leader […]
July
01
Can leadership be defined? Part 5 – What do process based definitions of leadership tell us? By Max Eskell
posted by Max
Leaders provide vision, priorities and alignment. Robert Kaplan Process definitions of leadership attempt to define leaders by what they do and how they behave. A quick trawl of Flipboard, LinkedIn or even military valour citations (the photo shows the Battle of Rorke’s Drift), shows that leaders are expected to do certain things or behave in a certain […]
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