Julia Middleton's Thoughts on Leadership

Tiananmen Square was twenty years ago this week. How the world – and China – have changed. The symbol for me was the earthquake last year when the Chinese government opened its reporting to foreign journalists. Over the last few months we have been talking to many leaders in China about whether we could start [...]

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I hit 50 today.
That’s 50 people I have met in the last seven days who have told me that they plan to “sit tight” through the recession. And they call themselves leaders!
Their assumption is:

it will get back to where it was
it’s just a question of waiting
that they have no role to play
that all will be [...]

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On a recent trip to the US, I don’t think I met anyone who did not use the word authentic in some way. ‘Authentic’ was coupled with loads of words – “authentic leaders”, “authentic brands”, “authentic messages”, “authentic ideas”… It raises the question of what purpose ‘authentic’ serves in such pairings. And more than this, other [...]

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Well I have finally been convinced by those around me to start blogging. I will be posting some of my thoughts on leadership here shortly.

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