Executive Development: Volume 8 Issue 1

The leadership challenge of changing to a culture of empowerment

W. Alan Randolph

Changing an organization′s culture to one of empowerment is atremendous leadership challenge. First, the process is long, as itinvolves defining both the big picture and the…

Super confidence at work

Gael Lindenfield

Argues that a modern organization depends for its life on staff whocan function with high levels of autonomy and that active steps to buildself‐confidence can make a significant…

Speaking in public – part III:: let your body speak for you

Robert Freeburn

In this final article about speaking and presenting in public, thetopic is the physical presence of the speaker and how that presence canphysically reinforce the topic, thereby…

The psychological contract of trust – part I

Robert W. Rogers

Examines how organizations can create trust. Trust in organizationstrategies and top‐management direction is the critical component increating a commitment towards a common goal…

Developing strategic processes for change in top management teams

Mick Beeby, Peter Simpson

Describes the non‐prescriptive approach which the authors have usedsuccessfully as the basis for their interventions as culture‐changeconsultants and management development…

Operating in Japan

Charlotte S. Stephens

Japanese companies are successfully operating in other countriesbut foreign companies operating in Japan have not been as successful. Anexception to this experience is the…

Coaching your employees: applying sports analogies to business

Rod McNutt, Phillip C. Wright

Discusses nine successful managers; most are coaches or managers invarious sports. Each has a recipe for getting the most out of people.These principles are then applied to the…