Yesterday I had the great privilege of speaking to a group of year 3 nursing students about what authentic leadership is and my experiences in a managerial role. I don't usually get nervous when I'm undertaking public speaking but for some reason the butterflies set in just before I got up. This was a good … Continue reading What sort of leader should I be?
If you've read my reflective post about 2015, see here, then you will understand that I chose a word which became the guiding aspect or mantra for me. Well, I've done it again! Looking forward out into 2016 I have selected a word which I hope will guide me through the year into all that … Continue reading Stating my intentions – 2016
Yes, this is one of those posts where I talk about what happened in the year past. Feel free to look away now if you don't want to know what happened. Keep reading if you do (I'll try to be brief)... I started 2015 with my 'word for the year' already chosen. The word I … Continue reading Looking back, looking forwards
ATEM is an Australasian group that is made up of persons across many size organisations across Australia, New Zealand, the South Pacific and is now expanding up into Southeast Asia. The 2015 conference theme was "Leadership Reframed - good vs evil". Conference attendees came from all the various sectors of tertiary education in New Zealand … Continue reading ATEM Aotearoa 2015 Conference – Leadership Reframed
The behavior of leaders, both positive and negative, has been shown to be reciprocated by their employees and team members. Where a leader behaves ethically and in line with organisational goals and values then the people they lead will follow this example and behave in a similar way. Should the leader behave in an unethical … Continue reading Ethical Behavior – Empowerment and Authenticity Pt2
An employee has a relationship with the organisation that they work for. The relationship can be like any other relationship - fulfilling, empty, easy, hard work, engaging or disappointing. How the relationship works is somewhat dependant upon the relationship between employee and manager. The standards of behavior from management impact upon employee outcomes through the … Continue reading Ethical Behavior – Empowerment and Authenticity Pt1
In 2003, Fredrickson published an article in American Scientist which looked at the value of positive emotions. His study showed that feeling the pleasures of life and being happy can lead to rewards for people including increases in personal health, development and longevity of life. In psychology study this field is described as being positive … Continue reading The value of positive emotions
The workplace is an interesting system of people, relationships, interactions and in many cases a hierarchical structure. Some have some amount of power while others have more or less depending upon the position that they hold within the workplace. People and employees come with personalities, likes, dislikes, wants, needs and desires which are often very … Continue reading Forgiveness and Revenge in the Workplace
Trust has been proven time and again to be a key factor in being able to influence followers and guide a team. The perceived level of trustworthiness of a leader has been shown to have a direct impact upon followers accepting and operating in vulnerability through placing their faith in a leader. A leader can … Continue reading The foundation stones of great leadership
A google search using the terms leadership and emotions will provide you with a plethora of results that are dominated by emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence being the ability of one person to understand or ascertain the emotional state or feelings of another person within a given situation. But emotions and leadership cover a wider … Continue reading Emotional labour and leadership
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