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Articles about leadership
In a healthy debate, the speaker has to be prepared to shock his listeners. To let them waver, doubt and maybe even take the risk to insult them. Why? Because convictions can be based on undesirable things such as dogmas and memes. When we lose the willingness to be uncomfortable, the conversation will soon lose its value. With this in mind, Arvid Buit often writes articles, letters and academic interpretations for this website. Much of this writing is published on LinkedIn. If you would like to respond, please feel free to do so on LinkedIn. Your messages will be answered quite promptly. Reactions via email will not be replied.

Personality Traits of an Effective Leader
What makes an effective leader? This question will yield different answers depending on who you ask. This is why it is important to identify the...

Leadership Personality Types: What is Most Effective?
Research is still ongoing in the study of personality types and its impact on...

Derailed Leadership: Everything You Need to Know
The type of leadership in an organization can make or break the organizational success. Choosing the ideal leadership style is, therefore, crucial if you...

What is Coaching Leadership Style?
As leadership philosophies evolve and grow, various tactics and styles are being developed and refined. One style that is becoming increasingly popular...

Leadership Lessons #10: Martial Arts and Rockstars
Today is going to be a very special article, and it will also take a bit longer to read than usual. You might wonder why, after 9 articles of specific...

A Casestudy with Madeline: a strategy that works
Madeline was hired to change the company. But after a few months she was close to a burn-out and completely demotivated. Whatever she tried, nothing worked...

Leadership Lessons #9: Strategy
Strategy descends from the military and tactical field. In the old days it was all about the art of war. So what does a strategist do?

A casestudy with Ricky: How to get rid of a culture of fear?
Ricky is very ambitious and brought a lot of energy into the room when we first met. “Hi Arvid, great to see you! I have a big problem to solve and would...

Leadership Lessons #8: FeedForward
I have had some requests from listeners about giving very specific tools to use. So today we are going to talk about the number 1 tool: feedforward.