
” Life is a laboratory for learning “
– Daniel Goleman –
Paul’s Thoughts … On Leadership
For more than a decade, I’ve been sharing my thoughts and reflections on leadership, people, organisations and the realities of working life. Much of my writing has been prompted by experiences, observations and conversations that have caused me to stop and think, question an assumption or consider something from a different perspective.
I’ve never set out to provide definitive answers or tell others what to think. Rather, through these articles, I’ve tried to explore the complexities, contradictions and occasional absurdities of leadership and organisational life, while encouraging readers to reflect on their own experiences and perhaps question some of their own assumptions along the way.
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Original articles from which A Practitioners Guide to Leadership in the Real World was born
The articles that follow were originally written and published independently over a number of years. Together, they helped shape much of the thinking that eventually found its way into A Practitioner’s Guide to Leadership in the Real World.
I’ve grouped them here under the five broad themes of the book, allowing you to explore the original reflections from which its 43 chapters developed..















