Understanding and developing true leaders is a dominant theme for organizations today. But many struggle to define just what makes a leader great … and how to extend that capability to others. Jonathan Wilson draws on his unique background [ … ] Read More
Tag Archives: Leadership
Adventure in Life & Business
Leadership consultant Jonathan Wilson describes his love for adventure, the fears he’s had to face, and the perseverance he’s learned: first in remote wilderness, then in competitive cycling, and finally in transforming business. Read More
The Dark Night of Leadership
Progress, collapse, recovery and the making of healthy leaders. Main Article: Here’s the kind of story we like in business. Ten years ago this month, with barely a penny to my name, I sat in a government office, obeyed [ … ] Read More
Leading Change
Nothing that changes the world is accomplished by those who won’t change their own lives to make it happen. Main Article: On December 10, 1901, my great-grandmother, known as “The Duchess” for her refined ways, set sail for the [ … ] Read More
Unlearning Capitalism
How we can unlearn the flaws of Capitalism and rethink its key components in order to do business better. Main Article: My mother vividly remembers where she was and what she was doing the day John F. Kennedy was [ … ] Read More
Learn to Unlearn
How to unlearn the flawed assumptions that prevent us from transforming our world and ourselves. Main Article: On a lonely mountain airstrip surrounded by rainforest, two foreign workers and their Yali tribal friend in possession of the wonderfully odd [ … ] Read More
Superb Insights into a New Kind of Workplace
Soul Systems strategic partner, Marv Franz, has just published a co-authored book, The Inspired Workplace, in which he and Dr. Hugh Drouin share profound but highly practical insights and tools for building a workplace that inspires. These are methods proven [ … ] Read More
Negotiate to Innovate
We live in an age of innovation, and in a culture that prizes it dearly. But innovation is a social process, and negotiation is a key social mechanism to enable it. Jonathan Wilson draws on the latest Apple innovation [ … ] Read More
New Book on Talent Strategy
Guilherme Dias, our specialist in talent strategy, has just seen his work published as a chapter in the book Integrated Talent Management Scorecards. Authors Toni Hodges DeTuncq and Lynn Schmidt, PhD use case studies from 18 top organizations to [ … ] Read More