Posts tagged "common leadership mistakes"

You won’t get it right all the time, but you can avoid these common pitfalls to become the effective leaders of tomorrow in future-fit organisations.

Another day in business, another viral CEO spray. This time it was James Clarke, CEO at Clearlink, the digital marketing and technology firm.

Leaked footage of an office furniture industry titan urging her staff to leave "pity city" and stop asking about their bonuses has surged across social media, eliciting sharp criticism from viewers and leading corporate leadership to claim the clip was taken out of context.

Mistakes in business are not only inevitable but also critical to the growth of an entrepreneur and their business.

Science shows that if a person is ruled by fear, they will struggle to innovate and their performance will decline over time.

In an urge to appease difficult clients, many bosses are willing to throw staff under a bus. But the old cliché ‘the customer is always right’ is wrong.

Listening is one of the most critical skills leaders must have, and yet, for a variety of reasons, many simply don’t have it.

We have all stuffed up and will do so again in many different ways. After all, we are not robots and mistakes are part of life and the human condition.

Leaders often report feeling pressured, scrutinised, criticised and isolated. Leadership is as challenging as it is rewarding.