Describes an executive development initiative in the Kalahari desert run by Operation Raleigh. Aided by a professional management trainer senior UK executives used daily experiences of the safari‐style trip to illustrate real‐life management problems. Concludes that the “quest” provided...

This study advocates a planned and integrated approach for achieving continuous improvement in an organisation. A model based on ten essential criteria and supporting elements of “best practice” is provided. The role of senior management in ceaselessly driving the improvement cause is...

Describes the background behind the development of a new leadership self‐assessment instrument, the dynamic leader inventory and how the authors were able to confirm much current thinking on “visionary” leadership. They found leadership situations were enormously variable – what was...

Offers a number of insights into the nature of spirituality in organizations and how employees can gain greater spirituality and purpose in their work. Specifically, proposes that a recent leadership theory, thought self‐leadership, can assist employees in influencing or leading themselves...

This paper explores, theoretically and empirically, some relationships between self‐development and leadership development. A theory about consciousness and leadership practices will be presented drawing from both modern science and the oldest texts on consciousness, the Vedas. Empirically, in...

From a highly personal perspective seeks to discuss the outcomes from participation on a particular outdoor development programme. Draws on learning logs completed during the programme and subsequently on return to work to reflect on a personal development agenda and on the broader potential of...

Coaching is a much‐discussed topic on which little has been written at a thoeretical level. Relates coaching to Bandura′s theory of sefefficacy and Schon′s work on developing reflective practitioners. Claiming that enhancement of self‐efficacy (a sense of mastery in a particular domain)...

Leadership has been a major topic in management and business literature over the last few years. The rapid changes in business, technology, political and social factors has required the development of effective leadership skills. As a result leadership development programs have become an...

This articles proposes that the leadership role for the future is one of teaching organizational members to think about their thinking to solve complex problems. Organizational members must realize how they create reality, and how they can go about changing it. They must come to understand that...