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Competence Is the Heart of Leadership

Richard Martin July 7, 2025 No Comments

People want to follow competent leaders. While titles and charisma can attract attention, it’s competence that earns respect and trust. My experience shows that competence is the foundation of effective leadership, which consists of knowledge, skills, and attitude. Even the most charismatic leaders can’t succeed without it. Discover how to cultivate leadership that inspires commitment and transforms followers into leaders. Explore the key principles of effective leadership in today’s complex environments.

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Wokeness

Richard Martin January 12, 2023 No Comments

You’re free to say and believe what you want, but you’re NOT free to impose them on me or anyone else.

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Military leadership works for soldiers, but surely not for civilians, right?

Richard Martin September 30, 2016 1 Comment

This is the latest installment of my series on leadership and leadership development, based on my experience as an army officer and over 10 years as a business and management consultant helping businesses and executives to thrive in the face of rapid change, risk, and uncertainty.

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Why the military approach to leadership is so powerful

Richard Martin September 23, 2016 6 Comments

This is the latest installment of my series on leadership and leadership development, based on my experience as an army officer and over 10 years as a business and management consultant helping businesses and executives to thrive in the face of rapid change, risk, and uncertainty.

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What do I mean by leadership, anyway?

Richard Martin September 16, 2016 6 Comments

This is the latest installment of my series on leadership and leadership development, based on my experience as an army officer and over 10 years as a business and management consultant helping businesses and executives to thrive in the face of rapid change, risk, and uncertainty.

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Keep your followers informed of the mission, the changing situation, and the overall picture.

Richard Martin September 1, 2014 No Comments

I have been focusing on each of the 10 leadership principles I learned as an officer in the army. This the 10th of these principles.

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Competence Is the Heart of Leadership

Richard Martin August 5, 2013 No Comments

A common misunderstanding about leadership is that it absolutely requires charisma and personal “style.” These elements won’t harm leadership, but they don’t create it. There is also a popular misconception that good leaders are necessarily liked and popular.

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How’s the Morale on Your Team?

Richard Martin October 15, 2012 No Comments

Two essential skills of highly effective leaders are the ability to assess the morale and mood of their team, and the ability to maintain morale in the face of difficulties and obstacles. This is something I talk about extensively in my new book, Brilliant Manoeuvres: How to Use Military Wisdom to Win Business Battles.

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Family Ties that Bind

Richard Martin April 16, 2012 No Comments

Tolstoy’s novel Anna Karenina starts with one of the most famous lines in all of modern literature: “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” In the case of family businesses though, we can safely assert that most of the unhappy ones tend also to be unhappy in the same way. It usually boils down to who gets how much and who is in charge of what.

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Book Review — Suddenly in Charge

Richard Martin April 3, 2012 No Comments

Suddenly in Charge is billed on the cover as “The New Manager’s All-in-One Guide to Shine from Day One,” and it does not disappoint. First-time author and consultant Roberta Matuson has written the bible for all those employees who get thrust into management positions without all the necessary preparation, and in some cases without much support from their superiors and organizations.

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