The development of accurate self-awareness is broadly recognised as one of the characteristics common in successful leaders. 
According to the Harvard Business Review (Feb, 2007), self-awareness has been recognized as the most important capability for leaders to develop. As part of their study, researchers interviewed hundreds of managers looking for common traits that drive success.
What they did find [...]

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The latest McKinsey online quarterly summarises results of their research and experience into what successful, large scale transformations have in common:
“setting clear aspirational targets,  creating a clear structure, maintaining energy and involvement throughout the organization, and exercising strong leadership.”
The theme of  building capabilities, particularly leadership capabilities,  came out as a strong driver of success. The success [...]

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This week in my Bikram Yoga class (Yoga in a room heated to 40 degrees for those who haven’t had the pleasure…) the teacher said two things that made me think about the parallels between organisational change and the changes coming from yoga.
Firstly she said:
In yoga, the changes are slow and deep. You may notice [...]

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Middle tier managers have the worst of both worlds when it comes to organisational change: maximum expectations from above (with insufficient support), and maximum chaos from below if the change is not widely understood, poorly managed, and impacts people’s worlds (doesn’t it always?). More needs to be invested so they can do better than cope with change

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If you haven’t discovered www.slideshare.net yet I recommend you take a look.
For any users or facilitators of The 6-Hat thinking process, this one page mind map is a treasure.  I’ll share more as I find them.
6-Hats Mindmap

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