British business spends a lot of time, energy, focus, and yes, money "developing leaders". Progression opportunities are secured by "demonstrating leadership skills." Constant calls are made that business, education, government, society at large, "needs more/stronger/better leaders." We need more women in leadership. No, actually, we need a different kind of masculinity in leadership. Ah, actually, maybe we went too far, and it's time for "traditional masculinity" to be brought back to leadership. What about minority leaders? Maybe we should look at how neurodivergent folks and marginalised communities express leadership differently. The conversations, books, podcasts, and seminars around leadership are endless - and often contradictory. We spend so many resources trying to give one definitive, always-true answer to the question "What makes a good leader?" The answer is simple: "What makes a good leader is competent, capa...
The Productive Pessimist offers success coaching and business consultancy both remotely across the UK, and in person in Great Yarmouth and Waveney, and central Norwich. Our corporate consultancy services focus on strategy, inclusion, growth and diversification, crisis management, and change management. We are lived experience specialists in neurodiversity inclusion, disability and mental health inclusion, and trans inclusion.