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What are we saying? Recent comments ... Most of us would like to be more innovative right? More creative, better at improvising, ingenious and inventive. Not many people seem to strive for unimaginative or traditional any more. And a good thing too. A couple of weeks ago one of our neighbours died. Bill lived one street away from us and he was an extraordinary guy. As I ran through a park in Sydney last weekend on a training run, I spotted an Ibis standing on the edge of garbage bin. I had run about 25 km at this stage, so I figured that this would a great spot to have a stretch. Last Friday afternoon I was driving from Sydney to Canberra to visit my mother. I've always found road trips to be great opportunities for thinking and reflection, and on this particular trip I was doing some thinking about a presentation to a client organisation for this week. As I sifted through different ways to present some information, my mind kept pulling me back to the inherent contradictions and paradoxical nature of what it is to be a leader. Consider something like - To lead, one must first follow. I know, I know ... it's almost like haiku poetry! New Year's Resolutions ... Don't Do it. Well it's that time again, and I hope that, for all of you that celebrate Christmas, you have had a terrific time ... perhaps even that Santa has been kind to you! I've been to two great concerts at the The Basement in Sydney in the last month. I've seen the Australian Jazz star James Morrison play with his quartet, and last Saturday night I went to a special Frank Sinatra show where we had a Big Band and four singers all belting out some great tunes. And it got me to thinking about how jazz music relates to leadership. Archived Blogs |
... And doing? Ric Leahy is in Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney in January. He is refreshing and revising three key leadership development programs for Mt Eliza Executive Education/Melbourne Business School and putting together the rollout program for 2010. ... And writing? ... coming soon ... Marty and the Folly Estate Caravan Park: A Parable
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