Something (most) founders get, but others on the team less so. When something goes wrong or fails to happen, and you have a (even very good) reason why, your business doesn’t care. Nor does your body. And neither does the universe. It’s the thing about owning something completely. There may be valid reasons why something […]
Leadership
Is mental health a concern in your company?
Mental health is a minefield for CEOs to deal with. {Disclaimer – I am not a mental health professional. Someone will likely tell me that this post is irresponsible. But it comes from real conversations with real CEOs dealing with real people. It also comes from genuine concern that our resilience and ability to grow […]
What if you focussed your company’s work on improving lives rather than maximising profit?
How would your company look if you made an explicit decision to be guided in your strategy, your operations and your decision-making by a principle to improve lives rather than maximise profit? What if you decided what level of profit is necessary to achieve that goal, settled for that, and then used your P&L in […]
Do you control your team or bring out the best in them?
Are you going to be the CEO who controls your team or the one who brings out the best in them? Because both actually need the same foundation. Both require a framework and direction to be effective. The challenge is that many of us “nice” people misinterpret bringing out the best in people as simply […]
Time and what to do with it
We don’t have much control over the amount of time we have available to do things. However we have a lot of control over the number of things we try to do in the time we have. This is a guiding principle for how to be fulfilled both as a leadership team, or as a […]