Transparency & Trust: A New Metric for Leadership
May 26, 2010 by Di
Filed under change leadership, integrity, leadership, performance management, power, sustainable leadership, trust
We need a better way to evaluate our business leaders, assert James O’Toole and Warren Bennis in a recent Harvard Business Review article “A Culture of Candor,” (June 2009). It’s no longer prudent to judge American corporate leaders’ performance solely on the extent to which they create wealth for investors.
Moving forward, a new metric is proposed: the extent to which executives create organisations that are economically, ethically and socially sustainable.
Leading From the Middle
February 7, 2010 by Di
Filed under change leadership, leadership, opportunity, resilience, responsibility, sustainable leadership
In these uncertain times, credibility and trust in senior leaders and their capacity to move organisations has taken a nosedive. Now is a golden opportunity for leaders in the middle to step up and launch a rescue operation to fill the gap and advance their career.
Leaders are almost by definition people who change minds. —Howard E. Gardner, Leading Minds
Di Features in HR Magazine Cover Story on “Sustainable Change”
September 24, 2009 by Di
Filed under change leadership, change management, sustainable leadership
I was interviewed recently for the cover story of Human Capital Magazine Issue 7.9
Magazine Editor Iain Hopkins writes…” Di.. has a knack for bringing broad concepts of social change and applying those concepts to the business world. Her excellent book A Climate for Change , uses global warming as the springboard into analysis of what does and does not work in many corporate change initiatives… ”
Catch the full story at http://issuu.com/keymedia/docs/ozhc7.9
A Climate for Change – the book – Arrives
July 30, 2009 by Di
Filed under A Climate for Change Book In Pictures
A Climate for Change – the book – has arrived. Its first outing was at the National Business Leaders Sustainability Forum at Australia’s Parliament House. As it happens, the Forum proved the ideal venue for the launch, with the key messages of the book striking a chord with over 120 participants securing a copy.
The clear message from those who perused the new book, was that A Climate for Change represents a new model of sustainable leadership. The type of leadership that we need to embrace right now if we are to survive the current climate of change and uncertainty, and position ourselves for a more sustainable and successful future.
My name is Di Worrall, and I'm an author, corporate change specialist and executive coach. I wrote the new release book - A Climate for Change - How to ride the wave of change into the 21st Century and create a more sustainable and prosperous future for you and your business. You might be a business leader or you might be in the business of coaching, consulting or training business leaders. I created this blog as a companion to the book and to help you and your clients navigate the current climate of change and uncertainty, and lay the foundations for a more sustainable future.
