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Caret consultants have written about many of the recurrent topics of leadership. Here is a selection of articles that have appeared in past bulletins and publications: To share our current thinking click here to visit the Caret blog. If you would like permission to reprint or reproduce anything from the Caret website email: permissions@caret.co.uk
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Tuning into Management
by Danny Morris
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Jose Antonio Abreu started El Sistema (‘the system’) with the aim of helping disadvantaged Venezuelan kids to play a musical instrument and be part of an orchestra. Since its inception in 1975 El Sistema has seeded 102 youth orchestras, nurtured 250,000 musicians and developed some notable stars including Gustavo Dudamel, now music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In this article, Danny looks at how Abreu identified that it’s not talent or even hard work that is foundational to high performance: "We were looking for exceptional kids," he said, "and what we found were exceptional conditions." |
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The Global Crisis
by Professor Prabhu Guptara
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At a recent Caret Leadership Forum event, we were delighted to welcome Professor Prabhu Guptara, Executive Director of Wolfsberg (Zurich), the Platform for Executive Development and part of UBS. Here we share Prabhu’s wisdom on the state we are in, the origins and consequences of the crash and expectations for the future. |
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Brave New Leadership
by Professor Prabhu Guptara
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Leadership does not happen in a vacuum – good leaders in one situation can be terrible leaders in another and different situations demand different leadership qualities from us. In this article, Prabhu Guptara looks at how it is not only our qualities as leaders that is important; but also the fit between those qualities and the environment that we are in. |
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Brutal Truths, Pit Stops and the wisdom of teams
by Oliver Nyumbu
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Responding and adapting to the unprecedented challenges of the current crisis is key to survival - ‘change or die’ will be the organisational mantra that will take us through to 2010. Every industry and sector has its own brutal truths. In this article, Oliver Nyumbu discusses the lessons to gain from the examples of other business environments. |
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On leading, learning to be wise and the lighter side of crisis
by Tammy Tawadros
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'Most managers look for golden opportunities when the good times are rolling. This is a mistake. The best ones often arise during downturns.' So said Donald Sull, from Managing in a Downturn. In this article, Tammy talks about how harnessing injury and capturing learning can often make the difference between an organisation that thrives and one that fails. Click here to download the whole article as a pdf |
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The truth about engagement?
by Oliver Nyumbu
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‘...many years after academics and gurus started talking about the need for engagement, evidence suggests that a lot of organisations are no nearer to creating any of the stuff, no matter how much they may go on about it nor how energetically they “communicate” with their staff’ So observed Stefan Stern the Economist’s management writer. Challenging stuff, but just how prevalent is it? In this article, Oliver looks further at the research that shows 70% of employees only give back 50% effort for what they are being paid. Click here to download the whole article as a pdf |
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The Leading Story - Changing Your Style for Turbulent Times
by Steve Botham
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Caret works with many highly effective leaders and we diligently review best practice research and writing in this area. We know what good leaders used to do - but in many ways we see leaders in an unprecedented time of challenge. In this article, Steve looks at some of the latest research into the leadership characteristics required during turbulent times. Click here to download the whole article as a pdf |
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Procurement revolution will come at a price
by Rob Sykes and Sarah Wood
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Managing the commissioning process will require even more officer skills as budgets grow ever tighter, say Caret consultants Rob Sykes and Sarah Wood in this article, published earlier this year in the Municipal Journal. Commissioners will need to be robust at managing markets, ensuring providers are helped to change, and introducing new providers to stimulate innovation. Click here to download the whole article as a pdf |
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Are your business tools up to the job?
by Oliver Nyumbu
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We live in paradoxical times and some of the tools businesses use to navigate their way into the future may not be up to the job. You may have heard the old saying, ‘If your only tool is a hammer, you will treat every problem as though it was a nail needing to be pounded’. In this article Oliver discusses the advantages and challenges presented by the use of the tool SWOT. Click here to download whole article as pdf |
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Organisational Heart Attack!
by Steve Botham
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There are a few small words that should strike terror in a leader. They can destroy a team, derail a major change programme, even kill an organisation... “I don’t trust him/her”. In this article Steve talks about how the lack of trust among team members is so much more damaging than many organisations realise. Click here to download the whole article in pdf |
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