Kelly Sturt

"Building organisational culture from the middle out". Having a positive culture predicts high performance. People often think that it is senior leaders who should define/articulate/role model a healthy culture & mid level leaders who should enact/endorse it. However research newly published in @MITsmr shows the critical role mid level leaders play in developing/enriching the culture. It's through exchanges that support work teams to accomplish their tasks & the practice of daily behaviours, in line with values. It's great to see research that spotlights the contribution of middle managers: sloanreview.mit.edu/article/…. I teamed this article with a graphic by @GapingvoidArt

We should regard our role as leaders as our own continuous research project. People who are great leaders are often tireless investigators of the social dynamics around them. They use the insights they gain to guide, communicate & make good decisions. Leader-researchers focus on two things: 1) Building a researcher mindset: seeing things (people, situations, “facts”) from other points of view 2)Aspiring to be a humble learner: mindful of the limits of our own knowledge & expertise & learning through different opinions: medium.com/onebigthought/how… By @juddantin who has even written a course syllabus for leader-researchers (link in the article).