The leadership is responsible for deciding many high level actions, including the vision, the strategy and the goals, hopefully in consultation with their people. So which of all the decisions a leader makes, is the most important? I assert that it is deciding to ensure that the right values are chosen by the entire population […]
Since we are in a VUCA world, where volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity are the dominant characteristics, we need to be agile to adjust continuously. The message of ‘enterprise agility’ is slowly being heard, if not yet accepted. There are still too many enterprises in all sectors which remain rigid, unable to adjust to the […]
We hear so much about the leader’s role being to create the vision, model the values, engage the people and so on, for the purpose of achieving the enterprise’s vision, deliver stakeholder value and so on. However, there is a role of the leader that too often goes unspoken and undelivered. What is that role? […]
Australia has slipped to being the 13th least corrupt country according to Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index, down six places since 2012. Whilst much of the perception probably arises from community concerns about public entities, the various political and institutional inquiries and allegations, is it reasonable to assume that there is increasing corruption in the […]
If you’re like most Australians, Tuesday was the day you watched your favourite summer sport, relaxed and socialised, watched the fireworks and maybe thought about how grateful we are to be Australian. If you want to achieve even more value from the day, start thinking about your people. The Australian of the Year Awards are […]
There’s no way to avoid this task, it’s causing lost productivity, loss of talent and diminished morale. Worst of all it’s negatively impacting on profit, market share and innovation. It’s also reflecting on you directly and causing you a loss of respect. What is it? Toxic people in your workplace. Get rid of them now, […]
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 […]
I seek a legacy of elite performance, in an environment of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA). I have learnt that the counter to VUCA is Vision, Understanding, Clarity and Agility. I know that the root human causes of all our challenges are fear, habits and ignorance. I know that their remedies are courage, better […]
Given the global addiction to or obsession with money, it could be argued that the first rule is ‘become sustainably profitable’. To me that is an outcome dependent upon other rules. I argue that the following are the three primary rules: Shared Core Values – they are the agreements we make about how we think, […]
In an earlier post I spoke about the difference between elite and high performance being more about mindset. To unpack that elite performance mindset is the purpose of this post. You could look at the elite mindset as being a tripod. Clarity of Goal - Absolute clarity of goal is essential, no ambiguity or uncertainty […]
