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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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Thinking our way forwards
by Steve Botham
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“The habits you’ve gained so far in your career, which have brought you success, are now delaying your progress.” These are prescient words of caution from coaching guru Marshall Goldsmith in his 2008 book What Got You Here Won’t Get You There. Leadership in 2010 and beyond brings significant new challenges, not least around the ability to lead your organisation - from the board to the front line - through uncertainty. You will be aware of the uncertainties impacting housing at the moment such as: the wide ranging economic variables; changing political possibilities (including the complexities of the Total Place agenda), increasing local community demands around service provision and evolving social issues both nationally and within the different neighbourhoods you serve. |
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Recalibrating Governance
By Danny Morris and Bruce Gilbert
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A recent phenomenon in France has seen employees kidnapping their boss. We know of housing executives who have dreamt of doing that with a board member or two! Similarly we know of board members who would appreciate this excuse so they don’t have to go to a board meeting! Set aside their legal responsibilities for a moment – housing boards: are they really worth it? |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Procurement revolution will come at a price
by Rob Sykes OBE and Sarah Wood OBE
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Leadership Resilience in Testing Times
by Richard Izard
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Leaders in organisations throughout the world are facing challenges the magnitude of which is beyond anything they have known in their lifetime. In this article, Richard explores how a confident and authentic leader has the best chance of engaging staff in a mature and adult relationship and weathering the current storm.
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When remarkable performance is possible, why settle for mediocre?
by Oliver Nyumbu
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The high incidence of mediocre performance suggests that the route to remarkable does not lie in the typical approaches to managing, training or developing people. In this article Oliver examines how although one key is strong and relentless focus on putting people’s strengths to best use, many organisations still develop ingenious ways to mask mediocrity.
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