Is it the end of Superhero Leaders? I do hope so!

The appointment of Meg Whitman as CEO of HP is amazing. She is the former CEO of eBay who then spent a $100m failing to become governor of California (interestingly campaigning shoulder to shoulder with a former CEO of HP – Carly Fiorina – going for the Senate). Whitman flagged badly as CEO of eBay as it became more mature – ie. more like HP! For its first 60 years, HP exemplified everything that is great about Silicon Valley but since 1999 the company has lost 6 CEOs. The problem seems to be that the board has tried to appoint super stars.

Changing Education Paradigms.

If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with something original.

Business leaders know what they want from the next generation workforce. Yet mainstream education continues to suffer complaints of low student achievement and employees who aren’t ready for the job.

Internationally recognized guru, Sir Ken Robinson, has penned Government education reports and was central to the Northern Ireland Peace Process regarding its economic development strategy. If that isn’t enough, he was one of four international advisors to the Singapore Government for its plan to become the creative hub of South East Asia.

New Case Study: Improving Board Performance in Organisations

Organisations may not thrive or even survive unless the top team becomes and acts as “The Brain of the Business”, is totally aligned, and inspires the rest of the organisation to take ownership of and fulfil its defined mission.

To enable a radical change in the way an organisation operates requires senior leaders to champion engagement and behavioural change throughout the workforce. Step 1 is to improve the performance of the board.

The Board needed to present itself as a strong and confident team in order to lead the organisation through a significant and fundamental organisational change. After a review with non-executive directors, and with the agreement of the Chief Executive, Ridgeway decided to bring in LeaderShape. Read the full case study: Improving Board Effectiveness in Organisations.