Julia Middleton's Thoughts on Leadership

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Old democracy and a new Prime Minister meets a new democracy and emerging leaders

July 28th, 2010 · 2 Comments

When UK Prime Minister David Cameron asked a participant in Bangalore what had shifted in his thinking by being on a Common Purpose course, the participant said:
“I knew I was a leader at work but not for a minute had I thought of myself as a leader of Bangalore”
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Don’t ask your people to do what you won’t do

July 14th, 2010 · No Comments

I attended a revolt recently. Many many middle managers were being asked to think different, stretch, lift, work together, jump fences, go the extra mile. And not a single senior manager was there to do it with them. This was an organisation that must adapt or die, there was not just a burning platform, it [...]

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