As your team gets more senior, they need to think more about the organisation than about themselves. It’s one of the toughest transitions to make, and many don’t. Here’s what I mean. Obviously as CEO, you shouldn’t overload your team, and you need to make sure there’s sense (strategy, genuine urgency, etc) to why you […]
The danger of our current obsession with authenticity
We have a real obsession with “authenticity” today, which I fear in many ways is a toxic one. I’m not advocating by any means that we look for lies, to pretend to be something we’re not. But I fear that “authenticity” today, and certainly the way I see it being discussed with regards to what […]
While we’re in the hustle, remember this
This is for you if you’re … the CEO hustling to build the next unicorn / your exit / a business that matters; the member of the leadership team managing your stuff while trying to figure out what the CEO/MD wants; the entrepreneur for who if it’s not 10x, it’s not worth doing; building the […]
What effective collaboration to tackle climate change looks like – Harriet Lamb of Ashden
I have two firsts in this Karmic Capitalist podcast episode. First, Harriet is the first CBE to deign to accept my humble invitation to be a guest on our podcast! Second, she is also the first guest who leads a charity to guest on this show. Why a charity on he Karmic Capitalist? What has […]
The importance of your not making (all / most) decisions
Almost every company I see where the CEO is too busy suffers from at least one of 3 key criteria not being in place. Missing any of them means that the CEO gets involved in too many decisions, often at FAR too micro a level. (For involved, read “making the decision” or, more commonly, “overturning […]