Why Positively Energising Leadership is a call for virtues
Book review of “Positively Energising Leadership” by Prof Kim Cameron. Why virtues matter & how to behave in a way that positively energises.
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August 31, 2022
How are Softer Skills still relevant for Data Leaders? Part 5: Analytics
Exploring how softer skills are still relevant for Data Leaders, even at the Analytics stage of work. How can such people skills help them?
Leadership lessons from ex-President Barak Obama
Leadership lessons from President Barak Obama. Relevant insights for data & analytics leaders gleaned from reading memoirs “A Promised Land”.
How are Softer Skills still relevant for Data Leaders? Part 3: Buy-In
Continuing our series exploring the softer skills needed by data leaders (not just analysts). In this post we explore how to secure buy-in.
How are Softer Skills still relevant for Data Leaders? Part 1: Questioning
Exploring how data & analytics leaders use softer skills to succeed in their roles. Part 1: How do data leaders use questioning skills?
Find the best of Psychometrics to help you as a leader or a coach
Book review of “Psychometrics in Coaching” edited by Prof J Passmore. Summarising the 17 tools reviewed and other best practice provided here
Perhaps Execs don’t need data literacy after all, just good judgement
Guest blogger, Tony Boobier, makes a case against data literacy education for executives. Should they just be focussed on better judgement?
Is your focus on prediction weakening your Data Science work?
Is today’s focus on prediction, rather than explanatory models, weakening the commercial impact of data teams? A challenge from Harry Powell.
How to learn the real practice of Adaptive Leadership
A book review of “The Practice of Adaptive Leadership” by Heifetz, Grashow & Linsky. Why this very practical book matters & you should read it
Leader, how well do you behave when being presented to?
Harry Powell tackles the critical issue of how leaders behave when being presented to. Improve your behaviour with his half-third-sixth model
Examples of motivating others from Friday Forward
How you can motivate others to build 4 leadership capacities using personal stories. Book review of motivating “Friday Forward” by Rob Glazer
How to measure the ROI of your Analytics team: Part 1 = Profit
Why you Analytics team needs a measure of their ROI. Harry Powell argues for the benefits of profit as the best metric of the value-added.