11 principles form the foundation of leadership in the United States Marine Corps. The principles are: Be technically and tactically proficient; Know yourself and seek self-improvement; Know your marines and look out for their welfare; Keep your marines informed; Set the example; Ensure the task is understood, supervised and accomplished; Train your marines as a… Read More
Leadership Lessons from the Royal Navy
Andrew St George (2013) writes that “This branch of the British armed services consciously fosters cheerfulness and nourishes its collective memory. Business executives should take note.” “Britain’s Royal Navy is a disciplined command-and-control organization that moves across 140 million square miles of the world’s oceans. Although few environments are tougher than a ship or submarine, I’ve… Read More
The 20 Best Organisations for HR
Number 4: The UK Armed Forces Key Traits: Engagement; Recruitment and evaluation; Learning and development; Equality and diversity; and Leadership. Excerpt: Qualityof training and leadership is paramount in any organisation. In the British Army, RAF and Royal Navy, it can be a matter of life or death. When your staff sign a contract agreeing to… Read More
Organisational Culture: Not Just the Preserve of Big Business
Research Paper Title Interoperatbility: Merging the Organisational Cultures of Special Forces and the Infantry. Abstract Combining two separate military units with different organisational cultures to operate as one is difficult and complex. However, Henry Mintzberg’s classic organisational design principles aid in anticipating friction points and identifying the governing dynamics of this action. As the researchers… Read More
Leading Virtual Teams
Leading a virtual team is a challenge faced by many, whether an organisation has one person working from home, to having a team spread around the world on different time zones. Citing research that estimates an 800% increase in virtual working over the past five years, the authors examine the critical leadership skills needed in… Read More
Seven Pillars of Leadership Wisdom
Can you learn leadership? And what is wisdom? These are teasing questions for many of us so an article looking at both wisdom and leadership is almost irresistible. Mike Clayton says leaders need to be smart – they need to know how things work and how to get things done. They need to motivate their team,… Read More
The Measure of a Leader
Can leaders be identified by psychometrics? Spotting a good manager is hard. Some firms think psychometric tests help and, as a result, an industry has appeared to supply them. No one knows how big it is, but the vendors of such tests estimate it to be worth between $2 billion and $4 billion a year,… Read More
Boot Camp & Military Fitness Institute 