Category Archives: Humility

#WorkingOutLoud Illustrating Humility

Posted on March 25, 2021 by julianstodd

I have been prevaricating around the illustrations for ‘The Humble Leader’ book, which is delaying the project. I am trying to do eleven lino prints for it, but they are time consuming, and i am not that good at it, … Continue reading →

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Quiet Leadership Research: Humility

Posted on March 8, 2021 by julianstodd

Throughout 2021 i am running multiple cohorts through the new Quiet Leadership journey, with an accompanying global research project. The work explores Leadership through the smallest of actions, and is set up as a guided and reflective journey, based around … Continue reading →

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The Humble Leader

Posted on January 12, 2021 by julianstodd

Today i completed the manuscript for ‘The Humble Leader’, a reflection on humility in Social Leadership. It’s structured as a series of standalone pieces, each of which consists a personal reflection, and some questions to ask of ourselves or others. … Continue reading →

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Quiet Leadership: A View of Humility

Posted on November 23, 2020 by julianstodd

Humility is a judgement on our actions, not a badge that we can claim, and by that nature it is a hard thing to seek: if we ‘try’ to be humble to be more successful, we may be deemed to … Continue reading →

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Humility in the Storm of Leadership

Posted on August 10, 2020 by julianstodd

Humility is a much admired Leadership trait, but perhaps something awarded more as judgement on our actions than a specific skill or behaviour that you or i can learn: it’s experienced through our impact on others, and the way that … Continue reading →

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Social Leadership: How Trust Binds

Posted on June 11, 2020 by julianstodd

The Social fabric of our Organisations and broader society is bound together by multiple forces, trust being one of them. To lead, in the context of the Social Age, is to hold power beyond a formal system alone, to lead … Continue reading →

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The Wrong Currency

Posted on March 20, 2019 by julianstodd

I used to have an elderly neighbour, when i was a student, in a shared house. I’m not sure quite how old she was, but in my memory she was about 170. One of my friends would often check in … Continue reading →

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A Social Movement

Posted on February 21, 2018 by julianstodd

Just a quiet reflection tonight: in was pleased to complete the first draft of ‘The humble leader’ yesterday, but feel quite uncertain about it. I’m unclear if this was the thing bubbling away in my head, or if this is … Continue reading →

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Humility: A Reflection On Social Leadership

Posted on February 20, 2018 by julianstodd

I wanted to write an illustrated essay on humility in leadership, and this is the full first draft, shared as part of #WorkingOutLoud. There is still some work to go on this, so please accept it as it is, unproofed, … Continue reading →

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Early Stage Writing: ‘The Humble Leader’ #WorkingOutLoud

Posted on February 15, 2018 by julianstodd

I’m making good progress with an illustrated essay on humility: it’s a reflective piece on the nature of humility, and how ‘the humble leader’ may be what we need in the Social Age. The essay will probably run to around … Continue reading →

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