With sufficient power and authority, we can make something different happen. We can get an organisation to produce different results. We can make people comply. But that isn’t really …
Are you holding process or outcome?
It’s worth being clear... With a group of people engaged in change, is your commitment to a process or to a specific outcome? If you feel you need to achieve a certain outcome, then fair enough, go …
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Are you an architect or a gardener?
It is said that “The policy maker should act as a gardener not an architect.” In other words, the policy maker will do better to support good ideas that emerge rather than direct from on high. I …
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Brinksmanship: A relationship skill?
We rather admire the ability of the tough negotiator; the one who secures a favorable outcome at the last minute when the other side blinks first. Perhaps that's a component of a versatile skill set; …
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