Monthly Archives: September 2008

Lehman Brother's CEO Richard Fuld

The last week has been noteworthy and historic for many reasons, not least the collapse of 158 year old Lehman Brothers. Richard Fuld was Lehman’s Chairman and CEO on the day it announced its intention to file for Chapter 11 … Continue reading

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Sarah Palin – Perspectives on Leadership

As a first post to kick start the leadership experiment and in acknowledgement of the Special Sarah Palin Edition of Dan’s Leadership Development Carnival, I thought I’d start with the VP candidate herself. With good reason, Sarah needs no introduction, … Continue reading

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An Experiment in Leadership Pratice

We’ve written a paper outlining a new model of leadership (its currently up as a pdf, but might become a blog post). In brief, the document talks about the importance of context within leadership and in building on the work … Continue reading

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The Leadership Development Carnival

We’ve just heard from Dan McCarthy that the post ‘The war for talent is over and we’ve won!’ has been featured in the Leadership Development Carnival. Thanks Dan 🙂 You can find out more about the Carnival and submit a … Continue reading

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The war for talent is over and we've won!

How so did we win I hear you ask? Well, did you know that there is a CEO who values the importance of developing talent that they suggest that everyone spends a day a week talking about this (and a … Continue reading

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Dismal, Disastrous, Ouch!

Dismal, Disastrous, Ouch! No, not the commentary from the recent Olympic boxing, but fallout from Alice, Kim and Dan’s verdict on McKinsey’s ‘Making Talent a Strategic Priority’. Rather than focus on the usual HR sponsorship issues, I thought it would … Continue reading

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