

The differences between a Manager and a Leader have graced most of the Leadership seminars, workshops, essays, and books. They are a staple of managerial discussions. However, gradually over time, many traits that were leaders' own are now being taught to most managers as a requirement for good performance. So what has been the legacy of the Leadership concept to managers? And what still differentiate a Leader from a Manager nowadays?

As managers and leaders face changes and disruptions in a complex and connected world, perhaps the best way to summarize those challenges lies in a quote by a famous American writer,Mark Twain:"It ain't what you don't know that gets you in trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so."
The quote was featured in the opening of the 2015 Oscar nominated movie, "The Big Short," a ...

Organizations are increasingly becoming dynamic and complex. The interaction of people and technology has given rise to greater reliance on teams over the past 30 years. High-reliability organizations (HROs) are those that organizations that exist in complex, technology sophisticated environments where the consequences of error is high, but the occurrence of error is extremely low. Research sin ...

Having an idea nowadays is not much use unless you can see how to monetise it. If it is an idea that can disrupt as per the likes of Airbnb, then you're onto a winner. What does it take to be a young leader in Saudi, a leader with vision and integrity to make it in the world of innovation, competition and increasing pressure to move away from the heavily burdened public sector?
In this ...

While international business affords tremendous opportunity for growth and prosperity, often those opportunities are not fully realized. Cultural differences between strategic partners can serve as barriers to successful collaborative initiatives. Developing cross cultural competence is a life-long learning effort that can lead down a long path of workshops, how-to books, and frustrating experi ...

Everyone influences other. It's not necessary to be in a high level of occupation to be an influencer. Everyone exerts influence whenever they connect with people. Everything we do, at home, work, or leisure has an impact on the lives of others around us, weather we mean to do it or not. We can achieve our life goals faster no matter what they maybe. We can be even more effective and make even ...

In VUCA times, there are some different capabilities that leaders should have. In this webinar we focus on:
The capacity of using storytelling to convey a vision (for this we will use metaphorical images). The explanations that people, teams and the organization give about their past experiences (success and failure). The way we can use questions to transform the way we focus our brain ...