Legitimate Leadership, Stoicism and The Blessing of Books

Growing up in a small mining town did not give one much upside on life but I am ever grateful for two things. I started playing cricket at the age of eight, which eventually provided me with a sports bursary to pay for my university education; and, bless my mother, she introduced me to reading...

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Stop Complaining And Start Leading – An Overbearing Sense Of Entitlement Isn’t Good For Your Employees Either

One of the more frequent complaints I encounter in the work I do is managers grumbling about entitled team members. And they’re not wrong. Entitlement is certainly alive and well in organisations the world over. It’s also not a phenomenon limited to Millennials and Gen Z’ers. I’ve come across plenty of senior managers who display...

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January 2023 – Question Of The Month

Question: What does a Legitimate Leadership intervention fundamentally seek to achieve? Answer: A Legitimate Leadership intervention seeks to achieve a specific transformation – namely, a change in motive or intent from being here to take to being here to give at the level of the individual, the team and the organisation. Leaders (those in authority) in...

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The Contribution Cycle And The Value-Added Statement

At a recent Legitimate Leadership development day, we discussed performance management systems and their role in contribution. Legitimate Leadership helps leaders at every level to transform their organisations through applying the Legitimate Leadership Model, characterized by building the following: Legitimacy, Trust, Contribution and Accountability. The common purpose that binds people in a collective is the...

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December 2022 – Question Of The Month

Question: How can standards enable human excellence? Answer: There are two ways that standards can be used to enable human excellence. First, standards describe excellence or what “good” looks like. When leaders describe excellence in clear and unequivocal terms they are telling their people what they expect from them. It is almost as if people...

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Leading Remotely? Make Growth A Priority!

Two years ago, quite abruptly, the working world many of us were used to changed. Many people who had previously spent their entire careers office-bound, suddenly found themselves working from home. With this rapid shift to remote working it is understandable that the initial priority was about the short term. Is everyone safe? How are...

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November 2022 – Question Of The Month

Question: What should be done for a successful internship programme? Answer: The most important shift to be achieved through internship is to move the intern away from an attitude of getting (for instance, “I’m here to get experience”) to one of giving (“I’m here to actually give something to this job”). If someone comes out...

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Why The Fuss Over Quiet Quitting?

COMMENT ON THIS ARTICLE BY STUART FOULDS, LEGITIMATE LEADERSHIP: The term ‘quiet quitting’ has recently become a buzzword, but the worldwide problem that almost 80% of employees are not fully engaged is definitely not new. At Legitimate Leadership we have been advising leaders and organisations about this challenge for many years, and we believe it...

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Accidental Or Deliberate Growth?

Lots of leaders claim that the growth and development of their teams is extremely important but it is only exceptional leaders who truly make this their highest priority. Clever leaders know that using the job at hand to grow the person is much better than sending them off for classroom training that may or may...

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Middle Managers – From Motivating Staff To Maintaining Company Culture, Demands On Them Intensify As They Juggle The Expectations Of Employees And Senior Leaders

By Emma Jacobs, Financial Times. COMMENT ON THIS ARTICLE BY WENDY LAMBOURNE, LEGITIMATE LEADERSHIP: This is not about demands for inflation-based increases, hybrid working, or pressure for results – the current presenting issues. It is about how middle managers or managers of first line managers excel irrespective of the current set of environmental conditions. From...

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Legitimate Leadership, Stoicism and The Blessing of Books

Growing up in a small mining town did not give one much upside on life but I am ever grateful for two things. I started playing cricket at the age of eight, which eventually provided me with a sports bursary to pay for my university education; and, bless my mother, she introduced me to reading...

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