Category Archives: Humility

Illustrating ‘The Humble Leader’ #3

Posted on May 20, 2021 by julianstodd

Two more illustrations completed today, which just leaves one to go! I’ve really enjoyed creating the images for this new book, although i notice an interesting evolution of my drawing style: clearly having illustrated on the iPad so much over … Continue reading →

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Illustrating ‘The Humble Leader’ #2

Posted on May 18, 2021 by julianstodd

I’ve just completed the sixth of the twelve illustrations i need for ‘The Humble Leader’ [and i’m still deciding if that is the working title or the final one!]. All these illustrations are of leaves, which tie into the visual … Continue reading →

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Illustrating ‘The Humble Leader’

Posted on May 17, 2021 by julianstodd

I have the luxury this week of time to spend illustrating the next book: ‘The Humble Leader’ [working title] is an exploration of humility in leadership. It forms a guided, reflective space. I have known from the start that i … Continue reading →

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#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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