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The inspirational leadership of Sir Edmund Hillary
December 13: Last week, I came across an article in the Business Education supplement of the Financial Times. It was written by Frank Brown, dean of INSEAD, on the inspirational leadership of Sir Edmund Hillary, the legendary mountaineer and humanitarian who conquered Everest in 1953. You can find the article here. I was attracted to this article since I have great admiration for Sir Edmund Hillary, and because I have long seen ventures in the mountains as providing interesting lessons about leadership. Brown’s article is instructive in the way it draws the parallels between mountain expeditions and business leadership. Beyond my interest in mountaineering and leadership, though, there … Continue reading
The concept of “mastery”, and leadership training
Last week, in response to a comment by John Antonios, I wrote about deliberate practice. As I reflected on this concept during the past few days, it brought to mind an interesting book called Mastery, by George Leonard. I read Leonard’s book years ago, I believe in the early 1990s, and back then it was an entry point for me to some valuable insights about talent and practice. Since then I have applied some of Leonard’s simple and straightforward concepts to my coaching. In fact, I believe that it is in Leonard’s book that I came across the concept of ‘deliberate practice’, though I am not sure he … Continue reading
More on leadership training and deliberate practice
I was writing an entry to post this week, but instead of that entry I decided to respond to the comment of John Antonios, since I found it quite interesting. John is a former student of mine in Grenoble, and the kind of student I appreciate very much, since he is constantly reflecting about himself, the world, and his place in it. He was always good at making connections between his experience and the topics we discussed in class. In fact, I remember discussing with John about natural talent and the great debate about leaders, ‘born or made’. It is gratifying to see that his experience has changed his … Continue reading
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