I’ve read people claiming leadership is now dead, and it’s the time of the team. They then go on to promote their expertise in team building. I say “What a load of bull - - it!” At worst, formal leadership may be absent in team, unsatisfactorily replaced by haphazard informal leadership and group-think. Teams need […]
George (name changed), the CEO of one of our clients, rang me and said “David, we’ve got a problem”. Turns out that two of five direct reports to George were proving to be the wrong fit. They were causing disengagement of talent in their teams and weren’t collaborating with the other three peers, an essential […]
Gary and Kevin came to the insurance company as commerce graduates at the same time. That was in 2006 when technology was beginning to noticeably impact business. Over a period of ten years they both progressed to the role of managers in their departments, each reporting to a general manager. Both were regarded well by […]
If the collective brain doesn’t rewire sufficiently to embrace the desired change, the result is failure to change. It’s that simple. The many elaborate change models used by organisations have the astoundingly consistent failure rate of 70%. Most of those models do not adequately address the reality that change will not occur in the person […]
In the beginning, we signed up for the excitement and a higher duty we believed in. Quickly we learned that, also, we were there for each other. There was no bitter rivalry between us, though we did strive for our personal best. We were dedicated to our dual duties. We appreciated each other, laughed at […]
I remember when there was once only one ‘bottom line’ – financial, i.e. profit. Next there was the double bottom line – profit and people. Then I heard about the triple bottom line – financial, social and environmental. And then I heard about the quadruple bottom line – profit, people, planet and purpose. Now in […]
It seems the world is in turmoil with uncertainty of global political stability; accelerating technological change; commoditisation of services; loss of trust in the validity of information from and through the media and the growing impact of climate change. 2017 is shaping up to be a very interesting time, though not without hope and the […]
Many clients have come to me frustrated because they wanted to grow their business and couldn’t. When I explore their situations, these clients reveal these most common reasons: Ignorance Not knowing how to structure and develop scalable systems. Not being able to distinguish between what is a cost and what is an investment. Not knowing […]
Gary had been with the company for five years and a high performing area marketing manager for the last three. He’d often acted as group marketing manager and had done well in that position. When the incumbent resigned suddenly due to ill health, Gary filled the role for three months whilst the company decided on […]
That you will never stop developing yourself, for we need you at your ever developing best. That you will always model and champion our highest values. That you will gather those around you who are even smarter and more capable than you, for you need us to achieve the vision and you don’t know everything. […]
