Perspectives

Getting off controversial topics for awhile, I was reminded on the weekend about one woman I've worked with in the past who is enjoying an excellent career but is desperately afraid of public speaking. And there's even a word for it: Glossophobia. Unfortunately these...

I've spent the last couple of years trying to figure out what leadership is, what conditions support good leadership and how people learn to be leaders. I'm continually surprised by what I learn and think this is a marvellous topic because it is so complex and so...

I'm wading carefully into this issue of women as leaders, trying not to piss anyone off. The question remains, if women make better leaders than men, why are there fewer of them in the C Suite? This is to me, a paradox of ego. My own experience is that women don't...

So research says that women leaders are better than men when they are rated in 360 degree surveys but I guess the question remains: do they get better results? Rather hard to measure this yet as the takeover of the C suite by women is not yet complete. But there are...

I was surprised to receive a number of comments yesterday (from men) who were of the firm opinion that women don't necessarily make better leaders than men. But I think thou doth protesteth too much. I went trolling for research on the subject at the behest of one...

In looking at leadership scandals and the tendencies of today's political leaders to be Narcissistic Sociopaths, it struck me, where were the women? As I thought about it more, I realized that very few of the scandals that are plaguing politics in Canada, the US and...

Well I think I've learned a new term to describe leaders like Rob Ford. The term is Narcissistic Sociopath. I started the week wondering why we end up with so many leadership scandals in politics. I think now that it's a result of the type of people who attracted to...

It seems as if I've gone down one of those rabbit holes that keep me entertained on the net for ages. Yesterday's blog led me to further my not so structured research into sociopaths and I've come up with a whole new look at politicians as narcissists. According to...

There is some research to support the proposition that personality traits that are particular to sociopaths are very similar to ones demonstrated by strong leaders. I went on the net again to find just such research to see whether politics attracts people who aren’t...