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The importance of perspective taking: a lesson from life

March 12, 2023Last updated Mar 12, 2023 by Martin Cole

Leadership emerges from the interactions between people and good leadership is exemplified by exchanges that leave all parties feeling that they have been understood and their interests accounted for. Good leadership is therefore relational not transactional. And at the heart of this kind of leadership is perspective taking capacity – the ability to understand the … Read more

20 Effective leadership questions: the power to motivate and inspire

November 17, 2018Nov 17, 2018 by Martin Cole

Effective leadership questions are at the heart of great leadership. This is because great leadership is relational, not transactional. As leadership expert Michael Cavanagh contends, “the quality of the conversation determines the quality of the relationships and the quality of the relationships determines the quality of the organisational system”. And, in my view, it is … Read more