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Monthly archives: October 2011

The Collaborator — Reading Time: 3 minutes In the world of social media and ‘crowd-sourcing’, surely The Collaborator is the best leadership style for our times? The Collaborator is a very open and collective leader in running a team. Ideas move freely amongst the group and are discussed openly. Everyone is given a seat at the table, [...]

The Collaborator – Leadership Styles ~ Part 4

October 25, 2011 in Leadership tagged Collaboration / Communication / Team by markconwayuk

The Oracle — Reading Time: 3 minutes Welcome to Part 3 of Leadership Styles: The Oracle The late, great and inspirational Steve Jobs made a statement that neatly introduces The Oracle leadership style: ‘Leaders are fascinated by the future, you are a leader if, and only if, you are restless for change, impatient for progress, and deeply [...]

The Oracle – Leadership Styles – Part 3

October 19, 2011 in Leadership / People tagged Apple / Communicator / JFK / Leader / Martin Luther King / Oracle / Passion / Steve Jobs / Vision / Visionary / Winston Churchill by markconwayuk

Coaching Team — Reading Time: 4 minutes Welcome to Part 2 of Leadership Styles: The Coach Author, educator, and motivational speaker, Dr. William Arthur Ward wrote a phrase that I try to remember. It gives me personal strength to do the right thing, rather than the easy thing – ‘The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. [...]

The Coach ~ Leadership Styles – Part 2

October 15, 2011 in Leadership / People / Teams tagged Career / Coach / Coaching / Communication / Feedback / Leadership / Listening / Relationship / Success / Team by markconwayuk

Leader Terminator — Reading Time: 3 minutes Leadership style is something I’ve been pondering for a while now. I’ve been lucky to have met and worked with many great leaders over my career and I’ve also met and worked for some that, shall we say, could have done with some development and coaching. I don’t like putting people into [...]

The Terminator ~ Leadership Styles – Part 1

October 7, 2011 in Leadership / People / Teams tagged Autocratic / Leadership Style / Team / Terminator by markconwayuk