What is a Maverick Leader? Someone who leads mavericks? This is undoubtedly true, however for our purposes we are talking about someone who leads and acts like a Socialised Maverick. If you are a regular reader of the maverickparadox.com (or have read The Maverick Paradox: The secret Power Behind Successful Leaders) then you will have […]
Step forward the Empathetic Leader
Step forward the Empathetic Leader. This is fast becoming the next leadership innovation. Organisations are finally beginning to realise that leadership is both an art and a science. That empathy may be a soft skill but it has a hard edge. Sympathy v Empathy: Sympathy is passive and from your own perspective Empathy is proactive […]
Millennials at work
The idea of Millennials at work have been fascinating people for a long time. Millennials are those born roughly between the years of 1981 – 1996. The corporate world acknowledges that the digital revolution would make them different from the generations before them. They haven’t however, fully realised that the old way of working is […]
Are Millennials the new Mavericks?
Are Millennials the new Mavericks? I remember being interviewed a few times in the early ‘noughties’ about Generation Y. I stated then that Gen Y were starting to behave like Mavericks, without the influence to demand what Mavericks have. Jump forward a decade and Gen Y has become known as Millennials; with the realisation that […]
Maverick Leadership
Maverick Leadership “Successful leadership in an ever shifting landscape isn’t easy. Finding your place in the world has become increasingly difficult as the century gets older. The old staples aren’t stable anymore and we are no longer sure of the old certainties. Things must change and the time for a new type of leader is […]
The War for Talent – are you grooming management talent?
The War for Talent – are you grooming management talent? One of the overriding problems faced by companies is that they struggle to effectively develop talent for the conditions prevalent in the 21st Century. By trying to avoid potential discrimination claims they utilise a one size fits all leadership style; therefore, running the risk of […]
1230 The Womens Company – Lunch with Judith Germain Croydon
DRIVEN: Solutions, Sales, SuccessHow the maverick in you makes the differenceOn 6 June 2017, Judith will be giving a talk on DRIVEN: Solutions, Sales, Success in Croydon at 12.30pm.Judith has been defining mavericks as wilfully independent people since 2005 and has recognised that for businesses to survive they need to not only think differently but […]
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