Nick Cohen’s piece three years ago in The Observer (Jan 5, 2017) was mainly about Mr Trump but, to my mind, it was also one of the best general essays on leadership I have read and remains highly relevant.

A flavour of the piece:

So, if you are “the CEO”:

See the blog version of this podcast episode here: https://ciaranfenton.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/small-change-you-three-years-from-now/

“Least likely to say”  is a great board game, it’s easy to play and, although I facilitate these, you don’t need a facilitator.

You can play this at home, as it were, in your own boardroom.

Here are the instructions:

Step 1: It

Choose someone to be “it”.  Say, the CEO.

Step 2: Shout out

The CEO stays quiet and everyone else shouts out at once what the CEO is least likely to say the first thing on a Monday morning.

Step 3: Repeat

Repeat the process for everyone on the board.

It’s hilarious.

SMALL CHANGE

by Ciarán Fenton

How small changes in behaviour have a big impact on how you work, lead or follow

That’s the title of an ebook I wrote in early 2020, initially, as a series of 50 short blogs – index here – and as a framework for a longer book.

Section 1.10 CEOs with low EQ struggle in a crisis