Blog tagged as Leadership
Do you control people or hold them accountable?
A while ago, I was writing some notes on how to move away from top-down hierarchy without ending up in anarchy. When later reviewing the notes, I found the sentence “Low control - High Accountability”. Honestly, that sounds quite good, at least in my e...
As you enter a new appointment you are not beginning a new book. There already exists a book where you are going, and many chapters have been written before you arrived. Rather, you now need to become part of that ongoing story. For that to happen you need to be accepted into the story by the people...
‘Hallelujah’ was my response on the phone, when I heard it was the CS at the other end. We had just completed an inspirational seminar for officers, and I thought she was calling to thank me for my participation in arranging it. I must admit my mood changed somewhat when she replied ‘Let’s hope it i...
There is a word I struggle with. Well, when you live and work in a country where you don’t speak the language, there are actually a lot of words you struggle with, but this word is different. I can pronounce it and I understand the meaning of it, so that is not the problem. Actually it is not the wo...