This issue of Developing Leaders brings a wide range of different flavoured idea seedlings to the fore. Ulf Lindgren spearheads some ideas a on reforming the role of the chairman as part of a series of articles he is writing on ‘Boards of the Future’. Prof Paddy Miller and Thomas Wedel-Wedellsborg at IESE show the greenness of their fingers by explaining how innovation is often best nurtured covertly. Fons Trompenaar looks at how the Servant-Leader can bring advantages across multicultural business spaces. And mark Bell and colleagues look at the perception of coaching and how words shape activity.
Key Articles
Karin Jironet
What do Dante and female leaders have in common? The ability to lead others by first understanding themselves.
Professor Richard D Arvey
The idea that leadership is either genetically or environmentally influenced is a false dichotomy.
Fons Trompenaars
The organization as a cultural context for leaders
VIEWPOINT
Female Leadership
Exploiting Social Networks at Corporate Universities
Coach vs Mentor
Leadership Development
Growing the Chairman’s Value
Leadership: Is it in the Genes?
Building a Sustainable Business Culture
Stealthstorming
Enabling Outstanding Leadership
Leadership Professionals
Africa Focus
Angola Business School
Anatomy of a program
Innovators Shall Inherit the Earth
BOOK REVIEWS
Copycats – Oded Shankar
The Lords of Strategy – Walter Kiechel III
Business Exposed – Freek Vermeulen
The Future of Leadership Development – Jordi Canals
Personal Brands – Roberto Alvarez del Blanco
Exec Ed News
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