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Don Armand

08 Aug 2013

AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMAND

British military doctrine defines command as; the authority vested in an individual for the direction, coordination and control of military forces. It is concerned primarily with leadership, responsibility and decision making. Clearly written in a military context but very easily contextualised in a civilian perspective by replacing; military forces with assets and resources; leadership with influence and motivation; responsibility with accountability and ownership; and decision making with judgement. Based on this, I suggest Command as a leadership style is the exercise of the authority vested in a leader for the direction, coordination and control of assets and resources. It is concerned primarily with influencing and motivating people, accountability for and ownership of actions and decisions based on judgement.

Don Armand

05 Aug 2013

STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE OR TRYING TO THRIVE?

If your answer is “survive” I would suggest you are likely to be undermining your chances of success by adopting a limiting perspective and attitude. It is possible your thinking will be constraining your business options by the inflexibility of your view of the current situation.

Don Armand

25 Jul 2013

THE BIG STRATEGIC GAP BETWEEN THINK AND DO AND DO AND DON’T THINK

Strategy has to be simple and effective and need not be an over complicated difficult and challenging process. Strategy needs to be empathic with a business and not prescriptive.

Don Armand

19 Jul 2013

LEADERSHIP AND THE NHS

Cultural change cannot be driven from without the organisation. I believe the government should be investing in the leadership within the NHS rather than repeating its previous error of unsuccessfully imposing change from outside an organisation.

Don Armand

22 Jun 2013

THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING

Some of the most successful organisations I work with recruit solely on attitude or happiness they employ just positive people and inspire each other to greatness.

Don Armand

09 May 2013

A GREAT LEADER MOVES ON AT MANCHESTER UNITED

Alex Ferguson is one of the few leaders in football who has endured beyond a few seasons. And his genius was his ability to regenerate the team. He regularly surprised people as he moved on through Eric Cantona, Paul Ince, Bryan Robson, David Beckham, Roy Keane, Jaap Stam, Christiano Ronaldo who were all at one […]

Don Armand

28 Apr 2013

GETTING THE BEST OUT OF YOUR PEOPLE

The Key question being how do I get my team to perform at a superb level for a sustained period? Financial inducements have always been seen as essential inducement but are they really?

Don Armand

17 Apr 2013

PRINCIPLES OF WINNING

Application of the principles alone does not guarantee success; however, failure to adhere to any of them will almost certainly guarantee failure…

Don Armand

02 Apr 2013

ALLOWING AID TO FUNCTION THROUGH EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP

Let’s get cleverer at delivering aid by employing top leaders, empowering them to deliver and rewarding them when they do so innovatively and with an entrepreneurial flair. Let’s give them the tools to deliver aid far more effectively and close that leadership gap.

Don Armand

17 Mar 2013

LEADING A CHARITY

The intrinsic rewards of charitable work far outweigh the financial reward and yet the challenges of leading such organisations in the highly competitive charitable sector can lead to a stressful and lonely existence. Best practice needs to be shared more effectively and proven solutions to common issues need to be more available to all those involved in the leadership of these wonderful organisations who afford our society so much.