Tag Archives: Trust

Developing Leadership: Boundaries of Power

Posted on April 16, 2024 by julianstodd

Steering an Organisation is a tricky thing: partly because the boundaries of the system are more elusive than we may imagine, and partly because there is no steering wheel or joystick in sight. Add to this that it’s not always … Continue reading →

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Navigating Ambiguity: Opportunity and Fluidity

Posted on October 10, 2023 by julianstodd

I’m completing work this week around ‘Navigating Ambiguity’, looking at the opportunity we may find, and the fluidity of structure that we require. Previously we have considered the nature of ambiguity (where it sits – in our heads, our instrumentation, … Continue reading →

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Building Culture

Posted on May 13, 2022 by julianstodd

I’m off to Orlando today for the ATD Conference next week, where i’m sharing a session on ‘Building Culture’ with my friends over at Novartis. As i prepare for the session (it’s a long flight) i find myself thinking about … Continue reading →

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Leadership: A Matter of Belief?

Posted on July 20, 2020 by julianstodd

I have been working on a new research project that explores the role, and evolution of, ‘belief’ in the context of Leadership in the Social Age. The premise is simple: we have parallel modes of engagement, the first being contractual, … 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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A Story of Leadership

Posted on May 6, 2020 by julianstodd

We live in a time of uncertainty and change, where complex challenges will require creative solutions, and strength will lie in agility and invested engagement. The Social Age sees an evolved social contract between employee and Organisation, the emergence of … Continue reading →

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Finding Your Campfire: Being Together Apart

Posted on March 20, 2020 by julianstodd

The office is more than just a building: it’s a place where we carry out the rituals, and tell the stories, that hold the social structure of our tribes together. As we move to work remotely, how will we manage … Continue reading →

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Finding Your Campfire: Supporting Newly Remote Teams

Posted on March 17, 2020 by julianstodd

I have curated a series of three webinars aimed at newly remote teams, which draw upon my wider work around Social Leadership, Community Building, Storytelling, and Trust. I will offer these on alternating weeks on European and US timezones. I … Continue reading →

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The Socially Dynamic Organisation [‘Domain to Dynamic’ Pt 7]

Posted on December 19, 2019 by julianstodd

This is the last in a series of articles that explore the context, and shape, of a new type of Organisation, one that is adapted to the reality of the Social Age. I call this a Socially Dynamic Organisation, and … Continue reading →

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Guide to the Social Age 2019: Interconnectivity

Posted on March 6, 2019 by julianstodd

This is the eighth in a series of articles exploring the new Map of the Social Age for 2019. Today, i’m considering ‘Interconnectivity’, something that has emerged as a new, and powerful, notion within my own work over the last … Continue reading →

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