Diversity and tolerance are hot topics in world politics currently, and a TV company in Denmark recently made its entry into the debate. “All That We Share”, which you can see below, is an ad that quickly went viral, notching up over three million views on YouTube in less than two weeks.… Read More »Diversity: highlighting similarity, not difference
Who’d have thought that ‘Management by Walking Around’ (MBWA) was actually ‘invented’ by US President Abraham Lincoln? MBWA reputedly originated at Hewlett Packard in the 1970s, and was brought to wider attention by management consultants like Tom Peters. But according to historian Stephen Oates, it really started when Lincoln began informally inspecting… Read More »Walking the job – lessons from Lincoln
One of the best exponents of Kouzes and Posner’s leadership behaviour of ‘model the way’ is surely Nelson Mandela. Both Invictus and Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom illustrate this as Mandela overcomes his personal feelings of bitterness and anger to model the behaviours needed to create a new South Africa: forgiveness… Read More »How Bridge of Spies can help you ‘model the way’
Decision making is a pretty crucial skill. It can also be fiendishly difficult. Our brains, after all, are amazing in their complexity. But they can also trip us into foolish behaviour. What do we do when faced with a difficult decision? In 1772, Benjamin Franklin recommended a process of comparing… Read More »How 12 Angry Men can improve your decision making
Some 2300 years ago in Ancient Greece, Aristotle wrote his three pillars for public speaking. Surprisingly, they’re just as relevant today as they were then. So relevant in fact, that in Gravitas, Caroline Goyder uses them to define that mystical quality of influence and how to get it. Gravitas, says… Read More »Martin Luther King and the secret of gravitas
Settle back for our third round-up of inspirational quotes from movies. If you’ve missed the first two, you can catch them here and here. Got a favourite of your own? Why not add it in the comments? “You can’t learn anything when you’re talking. That’s a fact of life. As… Read More »21 inspirational quotes from movies
“I’ve been kicked off every team before I even got a chance to prove myself,” laments Eddie Edwards in Eddie the Eagle. Not that it stops him pursuing his unlikely dream of becoming an Olympian. Quite the opposite. Though blessed with little natural athletic ability, Eddie won hearts through his never-say-die… Read More »Soar like Eddie the Eagle with a growth mindset
In Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, with pressure growing for his release from prison, Nelson Mandela is taken to a secret meeting with four government officials charged with finding a way out of their current political situation. Once the introductions are over, Mandela chooses a seat and invites the others… Read More »An influencing trick from Mandela you may be ignoring