Tag Archive for "leadership"

Zaana Howard

by Jye on Sep 02, 2009 with 4 Comments

Knowledge Management, Leadership and Social Media On Social Media: We come from the knowledge management family rather than marketing - to enable social learning - recognising people learn most and best from conversing and sharing experiences with like minded others. On Design: Design permeates everything and is laden with a history and a future. On Leadership: Leadership in this environment of social media and knowledge management is all about recognising and respecting that everybody has a story. - Zaana This week I talked about the elements of leadership and had some great traction with a number of Tweeters including Zaana Howard, who was kind enough ...

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Great Leaders, Great Followers

by Jye on Aug 31, 2009 with 5 Comments

Do we follow to be led? Almost 12 months ago I was stepping into the differences between leadership and management.  That's only really half of the scenario. What about the people you're leading, the people you're trying to guide, maybe even transform?  Do they/we have some kind of onus or accountability to the equation? Or are the best leaders the one who can overcome any inter-personal obstacle? At present, I'm really not too sure.  But I did really enjoy reading 10 Ways to be a Great Follower - some of the points really resonated with me. Mainly around the being an optimist ...

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Leadership and Management

by Jye on Nov 27, 2008 with 9 Comments

To inspire and empower a generation. I believe that the new generation is pushing a need for authenticity. No longer is there a supposed 'who cares?' attitude towards work, the environment or political issues -- this is a generation held strong by belief, activism and question. In a time where the information noise around the financial market, international safety, youth, drugs, sex, etc. rules -- the new generation are seeking genuine leadership and progress on a scale not seen before.  We lean forward, and rarely sit back. In times of old, when a warrior of a tribe would fight for a position of power, it was a demonstration of ...

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