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Disciplined Leadership
By nicholasdungan | November 11, 2021
Disciplined Leadership True leaders are made, not just born by Nicholas Dungan Leadership takes work. To be sure, some individuals come into this world with qualities and talents that suit them well for future leadership: charisma, articulateness, penetrating insight, an impressive presence. But just as is the case for an athlete or an artist, these …Disciplined Leadership Read More »
Read More →Authentic Influence
By nicholasdungan | November 11, 2021
Authentic Influence Thinking it through before acting upon it by Nicholas Dungan Before we attempt to exercise influence, we ought to analyse what we mean by influence and what the meaning of that influence implies. First and foremost, if we are decent people seeking to use our influence towards benificent ends, the influence we wish …Authentic Influence Read More »
Read More →Professional Empowerment
By nicholasdungan | November 11, 2021
Professional Empowerment Success comes through the science of soft skills by Nicholas Dungan Professionals do not succeed just by doing their jobs. They succeed by how they do their jobs. Career success exemplifies the 80-20 rule. Fully 80 per cent of the ability to succeed in one’s working life depends on a mere 20 per …Professional Empowerment Read More »
Read More →Effective Strategy
By nicholasdungan | November 11, 2021
Effective Strategy Precision, then process by Nicholas Dungan Strategy consists of a clear, realistic goal and a clear, realistic path to that goal. That is all. Anything else is not strategy. Dreams or vague objectives do not constitute strategy: ‘increase market share’, ‘make the world a better habitat’, ‘be the best’ may be inspirational or …Effective Strategy Read More »
Read More →Le Fil de l’épée
By nicholasdungan | June 16, 2021
BOOK REVIEWS Le Fil de l’épée Charles de Gaulle’s masterpiece on leadership-and himself by Nicholas Dungan In the concise canon of genuinely ingenious books on leadership-of which Machiavelli’s The Prince is perhaps the most celebrated and the most cited-Charles de Gaulle’s Le Fil de l’épée [The Edge of the Sword1] can rightly claim pride of … Read More →The Sense of Reality
By nicholasdungan | June 16, 2021
BOOK REVIEWS The Sense of Reality Isaiah Berlin brings a philosophical perspective to practical leadership by Nicholas Dungan The intellectual production of Sir Isaiah Berlin constitutes so vast and so varied an œuvre that it is not surprising to find, in the compilation of discrete writings gathered together in the book entitled The Sense of …The Sense of Reality Read More »
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