Legitimate Leadership has been applied in over 30 countries on five continents in the past 25 years. Some of our most recent clients include:
From Taking to Giving
Managers, individually and collectively, are accepted or rejected on the strength of their perceived interest in the wellbeing of their employees. It is only when leaders choose their people’s agenda over their own, when they deliberately prioritise giving over taking, that they truly win the trust, commitment and loyalty of their people.
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If You Believe Your Company Is Like A Family, You Probably Have A Toxic Culture
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Power By Permission
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When Someone Says ‘I’m Happy As I Am’
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May 2023 – Question Of The Month
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Leaders Get The People They Deserve
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Society Needs To Choose – Safety Culture Or Blame Game
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April 2023 – Question Of The Month
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Can You Care And Grow People And Have Accountability In A Matrix Organisation?
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What Is In The Time Bucket?
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March 2023 – Question Of The Month
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If You Believe Your Company Is Like A Family, You Probably Have A Toxic Culture
By Cameron Coutts, organisational psychologist and podcast host. COMMENT ON THIS ARTICLE BY WENDY LAMBOURNE, LEGITIMATE LEADERSHIP: When we hear the words “we are like a family”, as Legitimate Leadership we typically find an organisation where there is too much care and not enough growth. An organisation where relationships are overly affiliative, standards are low,...
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Case Studies
Improving Employee Trust And Maintaining Customer Service Even As A Manufacturing Site Is Being Closed – ‘Last Shift, Best Shift’
By Sean Hagger, formerly General Manager of the site; now a Legitimate Leadership Associate. By 2020, technology advances in automotive catalyst manufacturing, and competition from lower-cost new plants in other countries, resulted in one of the first plants to have produced the catalysts in the UK becoming uncompetitive. The whole sector was moving from growth...
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