With the responsibilities of a leadership position always comes the difficult task of managing productivity. Ultimately leadership without management is a strategic nightmare, whilst management without leadership is a thankless and soul-destroying bureaucracy. The way I like to describe the difference, in…
Stuck In The Middle: The Challenge of Middle Management
Often, within Middle Management positions we can find ourselves caught between our employees wants and needs and those of our superiors, and the organisation as a whole. So how can we navigate these challenging situations? How can we do best by those…
The Compass of Culture: Navigating Alignment Through Shared Values
I ran a workshop recently, it was a very thought-provoking activity, and it got me thinking about the importance of shared values and structures within organisations. You yourself may have done this activity in an organisational development workshop; it is called…
Mastering Leadership: Unpacking the Cognitive Process of Self-Reflection
The 8-Fold Process At LAMDA Solutions, we encourage an 8-fold process for self-reflection and self-coaching. This takes the following structure; This structured self-coaching approach offers a comprehensive framework for leaders to engage in deep self-reflection, promoting personal and professional development. Here…
Dynamic Equilibrium: Redefining Leadership through Thermodynamic Principles
Following on from the blog last week, I am once again reflecting on my background within Physics. Having had a discussion last week around the blog post I had written on how Newton’s laws could be applied to leadership, I was…