Leadership articles and resources

Articles

• For Those Who Want to Lead, Read (HBR.org) (external website)
• How to Embrace Change Using Emotional Intelligence (HBR.org) (external website)
• Five ways Leaders enable innovation in their teams (external website)
• Authentic Leadership (external website)
• Are you a collaborative leader (external website)

Resources for leadership and management

• Corporate Plan and Corporate Vision
• Change
• Continuous improvement, innovation and creativity
• Development of staff
• Authentic leadership
• Adaptive leadership
• Interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence
• Commercial awareness
• Collaborative leadership
• Resilience

Video

• What it takes to be a great leader | Roselinde Torres (YouTube website)
• Why good leaders make you feel safe | Simon Sinek (YouTube website)
• Everyday leadership | Drew Dudley (YouTube website)

Books

• Effective Leadership, How to be a successful leader (John Adair)
• How to Grow Leaders: The Seven Key Principles of Effective Leadership Development (John Adair)
• The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R Covey)
• Leadership: Plain and Simple: Plain and Simple (2nd Edition) (Steve Radcliffe)
• Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone To Take Action (Simon Sinek)
• The Chimp Paradox: The Mind Management Programme to Help You Achieve Success, Confidence and Happiness (Steve Peters)

Websites

• Academi Wales (external website)
• BusinessBalls.com (external website)
• Forbes (external website)
• Harvard HBR (external website)
• Institute of Leadership and Management (external website)
• Mindtools.com (external website)
• People Management (external website)
• SOLACE (Society of Local Authority Chief Executives) (external website)

Employee Development

• E-learning
• Welsh courses and classes
• Career Pathways