How to prioritise when everything is a priority - a test - Most executive and senior operational teams face a common dilemma. They are great at hitting targets and are hard workers, but they are really busy and they don’t have the time or resources to do everything. Yet...
Leaders need to fundamentally change their ways of working - Interestingly at the same time as this traditional capitalist view grows in strength we are seeing a rise in consciousness in the global population. Organisational profit and country GDP are NOT sufficient foundations for humanity’s future on this planet....
The urgent need for sophisticated leadership - The pandemic has highlighted a series of paradoxes inherent to the work of leaders. What comes next will depend on how well they face up to them.
Hope is not a strategy - As anyone who writes a book can attest, it’s both gratifying and nerve-racking to see how the ideas resonate with your readers. Since my colleagues and I wrote Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick, we’ve been circling the globe discussing the research with the...
The pivot to learning online: how have trainers met the challenge? - Since the pandemic struck, trainers and facilitators and their clients have all been working out how to continue to deliver high-quality, engaging learning activities. It’s not always been easy, nor does it feel natural but online learning...
Identify Future Leaders by Potential, Not Biases - For too long, leadership development and succession have fallen under the responsibility of a select few who have based their decisions on a narrow set of criteria. The limitations of this type of succession planning process have resulted, for many organisations,...
Business is more than money - Moral leadership is an emerging conversation in leadership. It ties up with conscious leadership. Which is around how self-aware are leaders? In other words, to what extent do leaders consider their motivations, their interests, their serving, their own biases, their own strengths and...
9 Leadership Lessons 2020 Gave Us - 2020, a year that tested our society like few others in recent memory -it’s safe to say that many people are looking forward to putting it behind them. However, 2020 has also shed light on so many systemic issues facing individuals...
Latest global mental health statistics are warning to employers - Figures released by YouGov in December 2020 show that the likelihood of suffering from a mental health condition, including anxiety and depression, differs according to the country of residence. This is something that must be considered by businesses with...
After Testing Positive for Covid, Elon Musk Contacted a Harvard Doctor. His Response Is a Master Class in Emotional Intelligence A fascinating Twitter conversation teaches major lessons in medicine, and persuasive communication. Elon Musk was frustrated. He had been experiencing mild sniffles, a cough, and a slight fever-enough symptoms...