A Different Approach to Leadership A tangential approach to leadership, but one I find very powerful, is the Ancient Greeks approach towards Rhetoric – the art of influencing. Leadership is all about influence. Influence is determined by Ethos + Pathos + Logos. Ethos reflects integrity, values, character, conduct. Foundational, in the sense that if someone… Read more
Touching the Dragon’s Tail
Touching the Dragons Tail When the great library of Alexandria burned, the story goes, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book; and so a poor man, who could read a little, bought it for a few coppers. The book wasn’t very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting… Read more
A Fairy Tale for Today
A Fairy Tale I came across this fairy tale when I first started to appreciate Transaction Analysis (TA). The story has always been a poignant reminder of how, whether we like it or not, we touch the very fabric of other people’s lives by our very presence, in ways perhaps we are unaware of or… Read more
How to be powerful
How to be powerful Power is the ability to influence another person’s behaviour; influence is the effect. Power is a resource; influence is the result of using that resource, and the demonstration of its existence. Authority is the acknowledged right to exercise control, including the control of money and people. Authority arises from the office,… Read more