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I spoke at the BQF Leadership Conference yesterday. One of the other speakers was Vernon Barker, Managing Director of FirstPennine Express, a company which won a franchise to provide rail services across large parts of the north of England and southern Scotland. He told a fascinating story about leading the business. In their first year of [...]  There is an interesting article by Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman in the Harvard Business Review on the most prominent shortcomings of poor leaders. They examined 360 degree feedback on over 11000 leaders. Their list is as follows: The worst leaders: Lack energy and enthusiasm Accept their own mediocre performance Lack clear vision and direction [...] The BQF annual leadership conference went well.  Here are some of the key messages I took away from the speakers: Tim Cross, former army officer, gave an inspirational talk. He argued that the key thing missing for most modern leaders was a sense of moral purpose. We think we can solve society’s ills by exercising [...] |
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