Julia Middleton's Thoughts on Leadership

So the first of the great televised debates for the top political job in the UK takes place tonight, and I am wondering which lens we should all be watching it through…
Shall we focus on what these three men have to say on policy? Or the issues? Or will we scrutinise their competency? Or the [...]

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As part of our Leaders’ Questions in London, I interviewed Nigel Morris Jones and 11 other leaders. He pointed out that in 2009 the UK saw quite a bit of crisis management but not a great deal of leadership. I agree, and I disagree.
Good crisis management is a part of good leadership. I don’t think [...]

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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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