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21 Sep

Ben Brearley Posted in Leadership styles No comments

3 hidden dangers of collaborative leadership

Collaborative leadership is a style that is popular these days. Directive leadership is falling out of fashion as people demand more input and respect. No longer do people want to be told what to do and how to do it. People want autonomy and the ability to contribute to team and organisational decisions. They want to shape […]

19 Feb

Ben Brearley Posted in Ethics No comments

The apostrophe that ruined a client’s reputation: A lesson in leadership and ethics.

Kevin sat at his computer, looking at his list of tasks for the day. He was a month into his new job, still on probation, but he was doing well so far. He thought he’d start with an interesting task, creating a campaign website for a client that was due to go out nationally in […]