Thoughts, News and Views

Your lack of engagement isn’t entirely your boss’s fault

Unpopular post alert. We read a lot these days about low employee engagement. Fingers usually point at managers, and often for good reason. But ...
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In world of uncertainty, leaders need to lean on confidence

In the uncertain world we live in, effective leadership bridges the gap to certainty with humble confidence. Today's high levels of uncertainty are a ...
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You are what you do, not what you say you are.

"You are what you do, not what you say you are." Simple truth from Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard's wonderful book "Let my people go ...
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Here’s my hypothesis

One of my favourite ways of provoking thought and discussion when I'm with a team is to come up with ideas, just shooting from ...
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A CEO’s fundamental duty is to create an environment for their team to flourish

One of the core responsibilities of a leader, if not \*the\* core responsibility, is to create a work environment where those who want to ...
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Have you ever smelled the Sistene Chapel?

There's this scene in the wonderful film, The Two Popes, when outgoing pope Benedict asks incoming Pope Francis to take his confession. His primary ...
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Generating activity makes problems harder

"Generating activity is not a problem; in fact it is easy. The fact that it is easy makes the real problem harder to solve ...
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Ask not what purpose can do for your profit

With a nod towards JFK... Ask not what purpose can do for your profits, but what your profits can do to serve your purpose ...
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Build Back Better means Build Back Kinder

Build back better means build back kinder. With a special responsibility if you lead a company. With talk of a K-shaped recovery, where fortunes ...
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Tactics come easy once principles are in the blood.

"Tactics come easy once principles are in the blood" I love that quote from Josh Waitzkin's 'The Art of Learning'. He was applying it ...
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Greyness is the challenge of leadership

One of the most consistent challenges leaders grapple with as they grow (which is always!) is ambiguity. The continual search for certainty, to define ...
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Should I scale or should I grow?

Business has an obsession with growth. And usually unlimited growth. A target is set, and we always laud people for beating it. Sometimes with ...
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