Nik Kinley

Nik Kinley is Director and Head of Talent Strategy for the global talent management consultancy YSC, and the co-author of Re-writing Your Leadership Code.

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Business

How leaders can avoid a power-driven descent from hero to villain

If you have any sort of power for any reasonable length of time, you will be changed by it — awareness of the effects is crucial.

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Why being a “good kid” can make you a “bad boss”

How to make sure our formative tendencies don’t derail us from being the great leaders we are trying to become.