Tag 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: Kindness

Posted on March 9, 2021 by julianstodd

This is the second in a series of 4 pieces sharing a very early interpretation of the global data from the Quiet Leadership Research: the sample sizes are still very small but i have two more cohorts running right now, … 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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Quiet Leadership: Things That We Give, Things That We Take

Posted on November 17, 2020 by julianstodd

I am #WorkingOutLoud as i develop the writing around Quiet Leadership: an exploration of gentle actions that draw strength into our systems. Today i am considering the Organisation as an Ecosystem, and that in each day we take some things … Continue reading →

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Quiet Leadership – Invitation to Participate in 2021

Posted on November 11, 2020 by julianstodd

I am about to start prototyping the new Quiet Leadership programme: i hope to run two full cohorts through before Christmas, on two different timezones. This work is experimental: a guided and reflective journey into leadership beyond heroes. It explores … Continue reading →

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Quiet Leadership: Strength Through Connection

Posted on October 15, 2020 by julianstodd

This is my fourth iteration of language around Quiet Leadership, as i find my vocabulary and metaphors to shape this work. It’s an exploration of how individuals act within systems, and the ways that we find strength by making, and … Continue reading →

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#WorkingOutLoud on Gentle Leadership

Posted on September 22, 2020 by julianstodd

I’m building out a short programme and writing around ‘Gentle Leadership’ (or Quiet Leadership – i have not decided yet). It’s centred around the notion of ‘leadership without heroes’, instead focussed on the small actions of the everyday, and the … 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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