TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT: Book Review
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THE AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS REVIEW: Humancentred leadership puts people first, does what is right
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Business and government leaders need to answer some fundamental questions. Do we want a society based on economic models or on meaning and purpose? Do we want a society that puts people first or puts profits and economic performance first?
These are questions of leadership, since leaders create the environment in which business and government operate.
Human-centred leadership offers a way forward, since it puts people first and does what is right for people. Unilever’s Paul Polman insists business cannot prosper in a community that fails in a human-centred approach.
Read MoreABC RADIO NATIONAL: The Drawing Room with Patricia Karvelas & Anthony Howard
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The Drawing Room with Patricia Karvelas & Anthony Howard
Read MoreMY BUSINESS MAGAZINE: How the 'greats' do business
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Anthony Howard talks on the leadership lessons from the risk takers.
Read MoreANTHILL ONLINE: 4 leadership lessons from 4 great leaders: What business owners can learn from Gandhi, MLK, Mandela and Malala→
/The leadership landscape in the 21st century is almost certainly different to what you prepared for.
Market volatility, strategic uncertainty, competitive complexity, and ethical and moral ambiguity mean every day is different. How can you succeed as a leader in this environment?
The great leaders of recent history can provide some clues.
Read MoreHR DIRECTOR: Putting the 'human' back into Leadership
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Paul Polman, global CEO of Unilever, knows it. So, too, do other leading CEOs: the key to their success is putting people first. Anthony Howard outlines how a human-centred approach to leadership does not need to be ‘fluffy’ or risk averse
Read MoreThe importance of human-centred leadership
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You can learn much from the example of people like Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela – although their experience may seem far removed from you. They remind us that people matter, and that it is important to stand up for people.
This is the example set by Paul Polman, global CEO of Unilever, who consistently reminds us that ‘business cannot succeed in a community that fails.’ During more than five very successful years at the helm of Unilever he has constantly reminded those inside Unilever – as well as all levels of business government and society – that you need to look at where your firm touches people, at the impact it has on the communities of which it is a part.
Read MoreVENTURE MAGAZINE: Cover September 2015
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Becoming a CEO doesn’t mean you also become a good leader. In earning the new position hopefully you’ve proven your leadership capabilities, but we all know this isn’t always the case. No two people lead the same way and yet there are a handful that we could consider great. So what makes a good boss and a great leader?
Read MorePUBLIC SERVICE NEWS ONLINE: Building human-centred leadership capability
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Anthony Howard says the best leaders put people first to create an environment in which their employees can flourish
Human-centred leadership is a new model of leadership for the 21st century. However it is based on human-centred practices more than twenty centuries old.
These practices focus on living a good life — the best possible life — and being the best person you can be.
As such they provide insights about leadership that apply to the most challenging situations of the 21st century.
The ancient Greeks believed that a ‘good life’ was a life of human flourishing, and that the key to that was the practice of good habits, or doing the right thing in order to become the best person you can.
Why does this matter for leadership?
Read MoreNEWS.COM.AU: How Amazon has it all wrong→
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THE modern workplace is becoming a powerful and relentless factory that swallows up high-achievers and spits them out.
A New York Times expose on Amazon this weekend painted a grim picture of a “bruising” environment fuelled by ambitious recruits who are encouraged to tear each other’s ideas apart, provide secret feedback on colleagues and work long and hard at the expense of their personal lives.
Read MoreAUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT: Are you a human-centred leader?→
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Human-centred leaders put people before profit, doing what is right before results, and focus on creating an environment where people can grow, develop and become their best selves. When you care for people they will care for your business. When you put people first, the results flow through to the bottom line.
Read MoreLOCAL GOVERNMENT MANAGER: Building human-centred leadership capability
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THE ANCIENT GREEKS BELIEVED THAT A ‘GOOD LIFE’ was a life of human flourishing, and that the key to that was the practice of good habits, or doing the right thing in order to become the best person you can.
Why does this matter for leadership? Because leadership is fundamentally about a relationship with other people – it is human-centred – and helping those people become all they can be. This suggests three key insights that can help you become a human-centred leader.
Read MoreABC QLD Radio
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ABC Radio QLD - Presenter Kim Kleidon - An interview with Anthony Howard. 30 July 2015.
Listen now.
Read MoreDYNAMIC BUSINESS: The human cost of striving for profit→
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Are the people who work for you no more than a means to make money? While our natural desire is to maximise profit, there is a point where the human cost is too high. Although profit is measured by dollars on the bottom line, the size of that profit can be a measure of how you treat people. Sometimes it is the processes we put in place that damage people.
Read MoreINSIDE HR: The Future and a Window into the Future of Leadership→
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Amidst a backdrop of unprecedented change, human-centred leadership offers the best possible model for navigating the complexities and challenges of the immediate 21st century, writes Anthony Howard
Read MoreCMO: Why good leadership starts with leading yourself→
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Many people first taste leadership when they receive a promotion and find themselves ‘leading’ a team. Over time, the team, and the leader’s responsibility, grows. But do they become better leaders?
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