JOCA

The amazing Professor Keith Grint.

Keith Grint is Professor Emeritus at Warwick University, where he was Professor of Public Leadership until 2018.

He spent ten years working in various positions across a number of industry sectors before switching to an academic career. Since becoming an academic, Keith has held Chairs at Cranfield University and Lancaster University and he was Director of the Lancaster Leadership Centre. He spent 12 years at Oxford University and was Director of Research at Saïd Business School.

Keith has published several seminal books on leadership and management. He is currently writing a book on mutiny.

Why are women their own worst enemy?
Is academia like cluedo with some of the cards missing?
Do we have the same pets?
Can I admit that 30 years of my life has been a lie?

Are leaders the same as managers?
Are women the same as men?
Are leaders superior to managers?
Should Tom Cruise be allowed to play Nelson Mandela in his biopic?
Should there be a caucasian men 100m race?

This has to be one of the most important lesson not only in leadership, but surely in life in general!!

What actually constitutes being a great leader?
Define it for me.
Without that definition we can't truly say how you make someone great at it.

Why are Iron Man & Captain America in charge?
Why are Batman & Superman in charge?
How are these two pairs so similar?
How does Hitler fit in all this?
Why isn't T'Challa in charge?

A few awesome extracts from the book 'As a man thinketh' by James Allen.  
Short and sweet but definitely relevant to leadership!!!

Personality must have a huge say on if you are an effective/good leader or not.  
Myers-Briggs is the standard test for personality type when looking at leadership and I'm not quite sure I like my results or not??

Is the person in charge the Leader?
Can the figure head be just the face and voice?
Does the star player need to be a great leader?
When the Superbowl comes around, who is actually in charge of each team?