African National Congress top six leaders. The governing party’s wishes are sometimes out of kilter with the dictates of statecraft.
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South Africa suffers capability deficiencies and institutional stasis due to poor political management.
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Power is linked to selfishness.
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Labour’s leadership election is about to enter its final phase – but will the winner command the support of MPs?
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Different types of rule-breaking leaders can appeal to transgressive parts of ourselves.
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When people are invested in one another and share a sense of place, they can respond to terrible events in admirable, courageous ways.
Michael McCain, president and CEO of Maple Leafs Foods, speaks during the company’s annual general meeting in Toronto in April 2011.
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Michael McCain has been criticized for maligning Donald Trump on the Maple Leaf Foods corporate Twitter account over Flight PS752. But strong leaders don’t shy away from taking a stand.
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Disaster of any kind throws qualities of leadership – or the perceived lack thereof – under the spotlight. People respond most to leaders who show empathy and authenticity.
Morrison has been too timorous to take the tough decisions needed to prepare for the bushfire season, including confronting rancorous dissenters in his own ranks.
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A crisis of this scale requires a willingness to listen to the best sources of advice and generate bipartisan consensus. But Morrison has struggled to put the national interest above party politics.
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What happens when a leader’s beliefs and decisions have an indirect negative impact on the business?
When facts are fiction.
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The origins of the post-truth age date back decades, but the real world is now fast fading from view.
Women in upper management are discriminated against by all employees, not just men.
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Women in the workplace face discrimination at every level, including in upper management.
You might switch on friends to switch off – but it can teach you how to be a better manager.
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Friends started airing 25 years ago this week. You might think of it as just a nostalgic sitcom: but it actually has a lot to teach us about how to be a good manager.
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Boris Johnson fails on six scores of inspiring leadership.
Boris Johnson: elected by the same old crowd.
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From the Tory leadership election to innovation policy, a small number of similarly-minded people are making the big decisions.
Two different directions.
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Two leadership experts weigh up the characteristics of the Conservative Party leadership hopefuls.
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A more egalitarian power structure is possible.
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I wanted to see whether this extreme example of a team effort could tell us anything about the workplace.
Former Georgia Tech head coach MaChelle Joseph looks on during an NCAA college basketball game against Notre Dame in February 2019.
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Why do female college coaches seem to be held to a different standard than their male counterparts?
Newspaper headlines the day after the 2017 terrorist attack in Westminster, London in which Khalid Masood killed at least three people.
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Viewing Muslims as ‘other’ just makes the problem worse – but research has some solutions.
Democratic presidential candidate and former Texas Congressman Beto O'Rourke at his presidential campaign kickoff rally in Houston, March 30, 2019.
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Charisma may be a necessary trait for getting elected – but it also discourages voters from independent moral deliberation about a potential leader’s qualifications to govern.