To use your influence well, you need to inspire others’ trust and respect. You need to be friendly, warm and collaborative, but also powerful, capable and dependable. Harvard research summarises this as hitting the sweet spot between warmth and competence: What’s true for most of us is that we lean towards one end more than […]
This is a ‘goodbye’ message of sorts. Recently I handed over the CEO reins with a certain amount of mixed emotion. My decision to step down was principally for family reasons. It has been a privilege to serve you through the GLN UKI as CEO – and I look forward to continue doing so in […]
I recently read a nice obituary in the newspaper about former tennis player Bobby Wilson, who progressed to many quarter finals in his career and achieved well as a doubles player in the Davis Cup. Wilson was known for his deft touch on court and had a penchant for taking better players to five sets, […]
Craig Groeschel delivers an absorbing opening session at the 2020 GLS. Sketching the development curve of most organisations, he goes on to challenge leaders to “lead through the dip.” His point? Any organisation that is in a low spot of their development curve needs the right kind of leadership. It’s not difficult to see why […]
Global Leadership Network UK & Ireland (GLN UKI) are pleased to announce important staff and Board changes. From 1 December Roger Fairhead will become interim CEO of GLN UKI and Mike Hill will step down from this role for family reasons. Mike will remain on staff in a voluntary capacity exercising a role as Church […]
I have to admit, I was a little unsure … A whole day alone, with my screen, watching content which I knew would challenge and inspire but could I do it? A whole day? What about the breakout time? Did I really want to meet new people right now? Have I got the energy to […]
A great question! One of the issues being talked about in light of certain cultural trends is the need for resilience. Interestingly, commentators argue that what was always trumpeted as a national characteristic is now less true than it was. Without any pre-ordained plan, we have replaced a culture of resilience – characterised by flourishing in […]
Interview series from 2019 with church leader, Tracee McAtear. Could you tell us a bit more about your discipleship training? It is a simple rhythm at its core each Thursday night. We don’t want to reinvent the wheel so we try to use courses that are well-developed and tried and tested to take our people […]
A closer look at the GLS online digital experience Over the past few months, you may have had the opportunity to participate in the exceptional live online GLSnext sessions, enabling you to connect in a new and closer way with former GLS speakers, including Craig Groeschel, Juliet Funt, Sheil Heen, Henry Cloud, Danielle Strickland and […]
Dear Friends “To thine own self be true” is the immortal and encouraging advice of Polonius in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”. Equally, it has been observed that having the courage to be true to oneself in our current culture is not without its problems. Views that are not acceptable to elitist groups (whoever they are) are quickly […]
