Empathy and Police Work – How Ron Iddles changed policing for the better
Empathy and respect when dealing with criminals is not something the public would normally expect of a police officer. Hardly […]
Category Archives: Leadership
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Daniel Goleman on Emotional Intelligence for Transformational Leadership
Emotional Intelligence is a key element for successful transformational leadership—the leadership style to use when you aim to lead the […]
Anthony Foster – The tenacious advocate for victims of child sexual abuse
The first inkling that Anthony and Christine Foster’s daughter, Emma, might have been a victim of child sexual abuse came […]
Lou Gerstner – IBM’s Digital Transformation Change Master
If the 2016 Australian eCensus hadn’t been such a disastrous failure most people would not have known that IBM had […]
John Kotter – Leading Change Guru
When Professor John Kotter published his seminal work on leading change there was something unusual about this 197-page book written […]
John Boyd – Misunderstood Genius of Warfighting
The UN-dictated rules of engagement for the allied forces operating against North Korea were quite specific. No pilot was to […]
Edmund Rice – Social Entrepreneur
Edmund Rice, a successful Irish businessman, had the world at his feet. And yet he gave away his fortune in […]
Sully: Can-Do Wisdom in Action
The award-winning movie Sully, staring Tom Hanks as US Airways Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, reminds us of a good-news story […]
Ian Kiernan – Change Master
If there is one person who epitomises the maxim “change yourself, change others, change the world”, it is Ian Kiernan, […]
Ella Ingram – Change Instigator
Do you read every page of the fine print in the terms and conditions when taking out travel insurance? In […]
John Birrell – Change Instigator
In 1959, when Victoria Police Surgeon Dr John Birrell started to give public talks on the effects of alcohol on […]
Joanne McCarthy – Change Instigator Extras
In researching material for my previous blog post on journalist Joanne McCarthy’s role in bringing on the Royal Commission into […]
Joanne McCarthy – Change Instigator for the Common Good
For journalist Joanne McCarthy the events of 2006 was a foretaste of a drama she would never forget.
Cardinal George Pell – Does his leadership pass the wisdom test?
The testimony of Cardinal George Pell to Australia’s Royal Commission into child sexual abuse confirms the crisis in leadership in […]
Barry Marshall – Change Master
When trainee specialist Dr Barry Marshall first met with Dr J. Robin Warren, a staff pathologist at the Royal Perth […]
Ava the Honey Bee – Change Instigator
This fable shows a change instigator at work. It was written in 2015 for my granddaughter, Ava, as a 20-page […]
George Mottershead – Change Master of Chester Zoo
Chester Zoo in the north of England is recognised as one of the leading zoos in the world. Home to […]