This video covers the decline of Napoleon's empire, the Battle of Waterloo, his subsequent exile, and his death. It reflects on the lasting impact of his rule and the legacy of his leadership in France.<b<br/>r/>

Napoleon Bonaparte part 5

Daniel Goleman brought emotional intelligence to the public’s attention with his massive 1995 best seller, ‘Emotional Intelligence’.



He followed this up with two further books that deserve to be read by all serious...

In this video, I answer two questions, to kick off our series on Leadership: what is leadership, and why do we need it?

In this video, I look at the leadership skills a leader needs to acquire in a workplace setting. It’s a long list, so buckle up.

Leadership is largely a matter of character. Yes, there are some skills you’ll need, some roles to discharge, and a choice of how you do it. But, first and foremost, what matters are your attitudes to leadership and the people you lead.

In this video, I offer you a ten-step Leadership Process.

Leader-Member Exchange Theory is deeply problematic. In fact, I don’t like it. But it may be a model you want to adopt. It is certainly a theory you need to understand, so you can avoid its Dark Side.

There are many conflicting models of leadership. How can you reconcile them all – they cannot all be right. Can they? <b<br/>r/>

In fact, they approach leadership in different ways.

There are many approaches to modeling leadership. But, perhaps the oldest assumes that leaders are people born with a specific set of qualities, or traits. Today, we still recognize that there are some traits that can make us better...

Roles-based approaches to leadership focus not on the leader’s traits nor their behavior. Instead, they focus on their functions: what they need to do, to lead. And none is better, nor more accessible, than John Adair’s Action Centered...

We’ve seen models of leadership based on personal traits, individual behaviors, and the roles we need to fulfill. Another approach relates to the way we lead: that is, the style we adopt.

Robert Blake and Jane Mouton took the idea of task versus relationship focus and turned it into a full-blown model of five leadership styles: their Leadership Grid.

Visionary leadership is transformative. We could argue that it is one aspect of transformational leadership. But I want to consider it as a specific style, because we find many leaders who seem aim for this style as their default.

Charismatic leadership combines charm, interpersonal skills, and persuasiveness to motivate and influence others.

Servant Leadership is one of my favorite concepts. For me it’s a no brainer. So, let me explain why.

In this video, I will explain the basics of situational leadership, using generic terminology.



Oops! at 08:40, the words 'High Instruction' pop onto screen. They should say 'Low Instruction, of course. My bad! What I...

Path-Goal Theory is a contingency model of leadership. Like other situational leadership models, the approach you take to leading is dependent on the situation. In this case, you look at the people you are leading and the nature of...

Transactional Leadership is the everyday leadership between a manager and colleague, officer and soldier, or any leader and their followers. It is the process of passing on a request or requirement and winning a commitment to meet it.

Cog’s Ladder of Group Experiences is a model of group development that expands on the Tuckman Model we looked at in an earlier video.

In an earlier video, we looked at the Tuckman Model of Group Development. Now, we'll tie the different stages to the style of team leadership that will work best in each stage.

In the Tuckman Performing Stage, teams don’t need guidance (they know their roles) nor supportive team leadership (they can manage their own care, collaboration, and conflict management). What they most need is to be allowed to succeed...

John Adair's Action Centered Leadership model (sometimes known as the three circles model) is one of the best models for Team Leadership. Every manager should know it.

Here is a very simple model of four team leadership priorities - which spell out LEAD. Can you guess what they are?

Robert Tannenbaum and Warren H Schmidt set out a range of leadership behaviours. This model gives us a powerful team leadership continuum.