The Manchester City club captain, Vincent Kompany, is an example of a true leader. Understated on the field, emotionally in control even in adversity, always leading by example. At all times his contribution has been about “We” not “Me”. Perhaps the so called “giant of a leader”, Chelsea’s John Terry, could take a humble look [...]
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There is always a fevered debate as to whether managers also have to be leaders, and vice versa, but this debate is largely academic and ultimately pointless. Of course, there are examples of individuals who have operated successfully in both managerial and leadership roles (Napoleon Bonaparte and Dwight Eisenhower, to name but two), yet leadership [...]
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Over the weekend of 20th/21st November, Kolo Toure, one of the leading members of the Manchester City football team, publicly questioned the motivation of some of his team mates. “There are some players here, I am not scared to say, who are not working hard enough for the team … Some don’t do enough in [...]
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So, Ed Miliband has prevailed over his elder brother, David, in the UK’s Labour Party leadership election. This result certainly represents a ‘turn up for the books’ compared to the perceived wisdom at the start of the race. David Miliband was the strong favourite to win, with Ed Miliband a 10:1 outsider seen largely as [...]
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Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park has until now been one of the unsung heroes of British history. Most have heard of Winston Churchill and General Montgomery (“Monty’), whose leadership examples contribute powerfully to the story of the Second World War. Yet few other than historians and aficionados of that conflict know much, if anything, [...]
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