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March 21, 2019

Black Hole Leadership

Black holes are powerful and suck everything into their vortex. Science is still coming to grips with them. All we know yet is that what goes in, doesn’t come out! In the dimension of leadership, there exist those leaders with black hole traits. What do I mean? I mean this: powerful leaders anywhere, families, communities, […]

May 10, 2018

Why Established Enterprises Struggle with Disruption

            If it’s not broken, don’t fix it. Really? It doesn’t have to be broken to become redundant. It reminds me of the book title “What got you here, won’t get you there”. The longer an enterprise enjoys success increases their potential for failure. That’s what the evidence shows. Why? […]

April 6, 2017

The Misnomer of Future Proofing

Whenever I hear the expression ‘future proofing’ I shudder with distaste for term. It’s really about innovation, adaptability and influencing. Not becoming immune to or sheltered from the future. Here’s my take on it: You can’t ‘future proof’. The future’s going to happen anyway, mostly beyond your control. If you think you can predict the […]

January 21, 2016

Did You…

Plan today or will it just happen? Reflect on yesterday or lose the learning opportunity? Deliver elite performance on a task or do just enough to be compliant? Engage with a colleague or pull your head in? Compliment good work or take it for granted? Challenge or defend the status quo? Choose to be your […]

March 12, 2015

The Six Statements of Effective Interaction

Recently I have worked with a variety of clients who each asked me to help their people through difficult situations such as redundancy and re-deployment and other disruptive changes, as well as dealing with difficult people and relationships. I investigated each client’s culture and situation and came up with six statements that actually applied to […]

October 9, 2014

Don’t Change! Adapt, Adjust, Improve, Create or Innovate Instead!

I’m tired of the expression “change management”! Firstly the statistics are that 70% of change programs fail. Secondly, change is a directionless word. What we really mean is adapting or improving, adjusting, innovating or creating. When people are told they must change, it evokes resistance. When they are asked how we might adapt and improve, […]

September 25, 2014

The Seven Deadly Sins of a Leader

Some leaders gain the trust and respect of their people by their consistent values based behaviour and decisions. Other leaders lose trust and respect by committing these seven deadly sins: 1. Choosing what suits them instead of the greater good for their people and the organisation. 2. Taking credit for the good work of others […]

September 9, 2014

The Truth about Office Politics

When I hear someone say they don’t play office politics, I know they are either lying or losing. We are tribal and therefore we play politics within our tribe and outside it – it’s human nature. What matters is how we play politics. Positively or negatively. The rules for how we play politics are set […]

January 14, 2014

9 Crucial Leadership Challenges

Most leaders were initially chosen to lead because of their technical or operational capability. Most of those that then make it through to the higher echelons of leadership are chosen because of their alleged track record and their relationships with their seniors and allied networks. The very few who also possess or acquire outstanding people […]

December 3, 2013

Keeping Innovation Simple

The drive for higher performance, productivity and sustainability inevitably raises the topic of innovation. I assert that innovation like many other concepts has been made complicated in an effort for the authors to be heard, to help and to stand out. Let's keep it simple for once. Just keep these core principles in mind, experiment, […]

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