Thoughts on Iyas A

Your team’s question to you is often not a question at all

Something I’ve observed in many leaders is the feeling that they have to have an answer when asked a question. Not so. And not even for the reason a thousand…
The dangers of advice

The dangers of advice

“I cannot judge what he did, because I did not have his information”. A particularly sage comment from the then 82-year-old Lee Kuan Yew, former Prime Minister of Singapore. Judgement…
Leadership may need you to use soft skills to do hard things

Leadership may need you to use soft skills to do hard things

It’s a funny thing I notice about LinkedIn. Posts about vulnerability, authenticity and psychological safety get a lot of interaction. Which is great, as these are important, if nuanced, topics…
Being good isn’t enough

Being good isn’t enough

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” What is true of “men” in Edmund Burke’s famous quote is true of any…

The killing of ethnic minorities anywhere is the killing of oppressed people everywhere.

The killing of George Floyd is unconscionable not just for its brutality and inhumanity, but for its inevitability. Because in societies whose actions value the lives of some less than…

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