Can you be right and still be ineffective?
I used to think that the responsibility of a leader was to be right. Not right in an arrogant sense. But right because you had done the work, had thought through the problem, anticipated objections and developed a position you could defend. And to this day, I still believe you need to do the work, […]
Leading without formal authority – building alignment when stakeholders don’t report to you.
Leading without formal authority – building alignment when stakeholders don’t report to you. For much of my career, I have worked in environments where some of the people I most needed to influence did not report to me – board members, workers representatives, employer groups, government officials and organizational partners. Success did not come from […]