Joe Espana's blog

I've added my latest quarterly newsletter to this 'Document Exchange' area of The Hub, in the hope it is of use to you. Its theme is how to strengthen your leadership in a downturn. As a lot of leaders are facing this situation at the moment - leading through more difficult trading conditions - I hope it is of use. Joe. PS Click on the headline, below, to download it.

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This is an analogy I've use in many senior level engegements in the past.  It works for me because it suggests a basic skill set for leaders that we don't often take time to contemplate.  This skill set has nothing to do with communication skills, direction setting, building commitment or any of those other great things leaders need to have in their kit bag or portfolio of tools to manage the multi-dimensional and complex business scenarios they have to deal with every day.

This is an analogy I've used in many senior level engegements in the past.  It works for me because it suggests a basic skill set for leaders that we don't often take time to contemplate.  This skill set has nothing to do with communication skills, direction setting, building commitment or any of those other great things leaders need to have in their kit bag or portfolio of tools to manage the multi-dimensional and complex business scenarios they have to deal with every day.

My book has fallen to bits, I've thumbed through it that much. I'd like to recommend it to fellow hubbers, and the way I'd like to do it is by quoting (edited)the preface. Here goes.

"On August 23, 1943, when I was nine years old, I awakened in silent terror. I was unable to move any part of my body except my eyes. My muscles seemed frozen, and my voice was silenced. Although I had gone to bed as a walking, talking, wiggling boy, I woke up the next day paralyzed with polio.....

I was very grateful and interested to see some of the comments added to my last posting, and the whole subject really got me thinking further So I did a bit of reading.