by Michael Bunting | May 23, 2023
Have you ever worked in an organisation that boasts a great sounding set of values: ‘integrity’, ‘inclusion’, ‘teamwork’, ‘curiosity’, ‘transparency’, ‘respect’…, yet fails to make them meaningful through concrete action, leadership role modelling, rituals,...
by Michael Bunting | Apr 27, 2023
The Challenge of Dealing with Strong Emotions Great leaders are honest with themselves and others, rather than denying their mistakes. They are interested, even excited, to see behaviours in themselves that are not working, and they are courageous enough to admit it....
by Michael Bunting | Apr 27, 2023
Developing as a leader is about cultivating our inner strength to stay true under fire, to ask questions we don’t know the answer to, to stay balanced when our world is turning upside down, to stay kind and respectful when the heat of anger and frustration are...
by Michael Bunting | Mar 22, 2023
The basis of leadership is trust. In his book The Speed of Trust, Stephen M. R. Covey explains, ‘Trust always affects two measurable outcomes: speed and cost. When trust goes down, speed goes down, and cost goes up. This creates a trust tax. When trust goes up, speed...
by Michael Bunting | Mar 22, 2023
In their book The Leadership Challenge, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner explain that, ‘Leadership begins with a belief in yourself and continues only if other people believe in you.’ To believe in you, people have to know (1) who you are and what you stand for, and (2)...
