Cool-Headed Confidants and Cunning Consiglieri Reflect the Best, and Worst, in our Leaders Seconds rarely come first. If media coverage is a reliable indicator of public interest, however, seconds in command are currently top of the show, not the postscript but the story itself. Those who advise, assist, check, and even, on occasion, usurp their […]
Read MoreTony Nicholls reviews Consiglieri. Review found at: http://tonynicholls.net/2017/02/12/real-world-consiglieri/ I was recently gifted a book titled Consiglieri: Leading from the shadows¹. It was a present from my Mother-In-Law who was told about the book by her friend, who is herself the Mother-In-Law of the author, Richard Hytner. By this circuitous, in-law-laden route I am pleased to […]
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Read MoreBy Sathnam Sanghera. The Times, Friday, December 16 2016. “I was struck, on the way back from the US this week, by a piece in The Wall Street Journal bearing the headline: “Vodafone Is Satisfied Staying in Second Place.” It reported how Vittorio Colao, chief executive of the world’s second-biggest mobile carrier by subscribers, aims […]
Read More“Invest some time in figuring out your real story and you’ll be happier, less stressed and in the right job. What’s your story? Your real story, I mean. Not some carefully curated version of yourself designed to impress friends on Facebook or to look more employable on LinkedIn, useful shortcuts though these social media provide […]
Read More“Being creative isn’t an abstract concept or a pursuit for an exclusive minority. It’s simply a way to think through problems and do things differently – and everyone must take ownership, says LBS’s Richard Hytner. Most people rely on proven theories and models to make sense of the world and to help them predict outcomes. […]
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