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February 27, 2020

Why Attitudinal Competence is the Top Skill Required Today

Photo by Steve Harvey on Unsplash Gary and his team-mate Claire were told bluntly by their supervisor “Your job is being made redundant within six months. They’ve got technology and artificial intelligence that can do it now.” Gary, single and debt-free, went into a panic. “It’s going to take ages to get another job.  If they’re bringing in […]

February 13, 2020

The Top Skill Needed by Everyone Now, Especially Leaders

Photo by Rawan Yasser on Unsplash Imagine this scenario Phil is the newly appointed CEO, having previously been the CFO. Now his former peers are his direct reports. Phil felt he needed to show that he was right for the role. So, Phil’s first action the day after stepping into the role, was to hold a meeting of […]

April 11, 2019

Is the Voice in Your Head Your Biggest Problem?

Alice, Brian, Charles and Diana were all sitting in the meeting room, waiting for their leader Eric to arrive for their weekly progress meeting. Alice was thinking about her youngest son who went to school today coughing – “he should have stayed home.” Brian was thinking about Eric’s usual lateness.  “He’s slack.” Charles was running […]

October 4, 2018

First Aid for Stress and Anxiety

Stress and anxiety, there’s a lot of it going around right now, yes? The following arises from my experience in high risk, high performance and high stakes activity in covert operations and commerce. When we are stressed or anxious, we are in fight, flight or freeze mode and the following can happen: Blood goes away […]

April 20, 2017

Self-Awareness – A Foundation Skill for Exceptional Leadership

Gary was a very competent and confident CEO. His people knew he was an expert and would mostly lead them down the right path. That however, didn’t stop them not trusting him.  It didn’t stop good talent from leaving. The reason they didn’t trust Gary was that they felt Gary did not care for them. […]

June 16, 2015

Without This Trait Your Leadership is Doomed

So much is expected of leaders. After all they have accepted the role and the rewards of stewardship of the values, the vision, the people and the results. With such high stakes the effective leader must have a variety of traits to handle the complexities and uncertainties of the territory. Yet there is one trait […]

October 21, 2014

You Can Learn Leadership Presence

I’ve noticed lately that leadership or executive presence is getting increasing airspace. Some people are calling it the “X factor” in leadership. I’m frequently engaged to coach leaders in enhancing their leadership presence. In the military we had to learn it from scratch, because we were so young at the time. I was only nineteen. […]

March 13, 2014

Do You Know a Narcissistic Leader?

David Thomas’ 2012 book “Behind the Mask” (ISBN 184624935X) claims the following characteristics, whether some or all, describe the narcissist: An obvious self-focus in interpersonal exchanges Problems in sustaining satisfying relationships A lack of psychological awareness Difficulty with empathy Problems distinguishing the self from others Hypersensitivity to any insults or imagined insults Vulnerability to shame […]

February 6, 2014

The Senior Leader Deficit

Our world is changing rapidly. People now have access to almost all the information that exists. Even tightly held government secrets are now available for public scrutiny. Admittedly there is also a massive amount of useless information, but we humans are great learners and we’ll soon find ways of filtering the rubbish. We’ll learn to […]

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