There is a quiet strength in three powerful words - ‘ I don’t know ’. Look back centuries, and one will find that the annals of great leadership, whether it be in sporting arenas, boardrooms or battlefields, is filled with those who were not afraid to utter them.  On the 1934 Ashes tour of England, Sir Donald Bradman leaned heavily on Bill ‘Tiger’ O’Reilly’s experience with field placements. Bradman was new to captaincy, and instead of doing the wrong thing, he freely admitted that he didn’t...

Conflict. Emotion. Triumph. Failure. Put these four abstract states in a wok, season with a few well chosen metaphors and deliver a compelling story. When you cut out all the chaff of academic postulations, this is what great leadership is about - using metaphors and telling a compelling story, employing these twin tools of human persuasion in inspiring teams to elevate performance to heights uncontemplated.    When Head Coach Phil Jackson began his stint with the Chicago Bulls in the early...

Alex Ferguson and Steve Jobs There is romance in the Manchester United story. And despair. You know it if you’re a Reds fan, for you...