By Jennie Walker Jennie Walker is organisational leadership faculty at University of the Rockies and an executive education professional at Thunderbird School of Global Management. Her research and work focus on methods to develop individuals and teams for success in complex, diverse and increasingly global environments. Jennie has designed and delivered…
Written by: M.S. RAO, PH.D. “A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.” ― Mahatma Gandhi Soft leadership is a new relationship-oriented leadership style that effectively blends soft skills with leadership. This style emphasizes transformation of people more than transaction of tasks. It…
By: Sam Russell – March 2016 Many of the technical and commercial skills that are needed to perform well at work require money, training, experience, effort, talent, and/or considerable time to achieve. However, as a meme I recently saw on Facebook pointed out, there’s a good number of social (or ‘soft’) skills that require absolutely no training,…
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