Presenting your authentic self to the world
Little did Indhuja Pillai realise a few months ago that her dating profile would go viral. Here’s some background context for those who are unfamiliar with this story. Having grown up in India,...
View ArticleNigel Farage’s leadership in doubt
The general election is only a few weeks away and, quite frankly, we’re already bored with the cat fights over debates and empty promises that are being thrown at us. However, some good news has...
View ArticleFrom car park to cathedral, Richard III is finally at peace
What were the odds that the first trench dug in a car park in Leicester would reveal the final resting place of a notorious king of England. Only a few years ago, it was revealed that King Richard III...
View Article7 reasons why Michael Scott is the ‘World’s Best Boss’
We love The Office (US edition) in our very own office and, as publishers of business books, it’s got us thinking about reasons that Michael Scott (played by Steve Carell) is an excellent leader. Hold...
View Article7 reasons why Michael Scott is NOT the ‘World’s Best Boss’
Last week we wrote about how much we admired Michael Scott for the leadership lessons that he could teach us. However, we’re sure you’re all thinking that there were more than a few occasions when...
View ArticleSeven lessons of leadership we learnt from The Office
Of course, Michael Scott was not the only boss that the Scranton office of Dunder Mifflin had over the years. Sadly, he left at the end of series seven and his successors had leadership styles that...
View ArticleAuthentic leadership by Bas Blekkingh
Could you be a great leader? What if you could lead better simply by being yourself? No more management training courses or lengthy leadership seminars, just a chance to let the real you shine and...
View ArticleIs Nigel Farage an authentic leader?
Barely a week has gone by this year without a UKIP scandal making the headlines, a member of the party has had to step down because they have made a racist/homophobic/sexist gaffe and have ‘embarrassed...
View ArticleIs David Cameron an authentic leader?
All across Britain this morning, we woke to the sounds not of ‘hung parliament’, but of ‘overwhelming majority’. Who would have thought it only a week ago that the Conservative party would not only win...
View ArticleWill Prince Charles be an authentic leader?
After a decade-long battle with the Guardian, Prince Charles’ ‘spider memos’ are finally going to be published today. They reveal correspondences between the prince and members of Parliament between...
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