CEOs, business owners or any top tier leader of any organisation, community, institution or government must have five specific pairs of pillars in order to be effective. Any other attribute they may have is a bonus, but without the particular pairs of pillars they are deficient as top tier leaders. These pairs of pillars are: […]
We are taught to be proud of our heritage, our nation, our community, our education, our job, our house, car,... .etc. It is the most effective of control techniques. Most of us are driven by the need to be seen to be “happy” “successful” “having the latest, the best” “beautiful” “on this track” “sharing this […]
Even though we have other rules such as Money, Market, Process and Measurement , the first rule is this: Hire the Right People for the Right Role the First Time. That also means this: Do Not Fill the Position Unless the Person is the Right Person. The temptation to make a choice based on selectors’ […]
The gap between strategy and outcome is often too great, isn’t it? When we speak of the strategic planning process we include implementation and execution, don’t we? If not then we are creating the first opportunity for the dreaded gap. However, we don’t need everyone involved in strategy to be involved in execution. We just […]
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 […]
The purpose of values is to define how and why we think, say, do and be regarding everything, in order to be true to ourselves and be valued authentically by others. Are you sick of hearing the “values drum” being beaten yet the drummers seem to be marching to a different beat? How quickly are […]
The Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index for 2013 lists Australia as equal ninth, with Canada, ahead of Germany, United Kingdom and the United States. Denmark was rated the least corrupt, followed by New Zealand, Finland and Sweden. Notably, Australia actually slipped four points compared to 2012 apparently due to the currency printing prosecution, and NSW […]
Rated by many leaders as one of their major concerns, conflict within the organisation causes them loss of sleep, stress and frustration. Conflict between direct reports; conflict about which values must be compromised or prioritised; conflict between directors and the executive – they are constant and troublesome. The leader’s sense of responsibility and concern about […]
Whether you’ve just started as a leader or the leader, or you’ve already been there for a while – start right now. Yes it has a multiple meaning, start right; start again but right; and now. Why? Because you can, and yesterday is past, tomorrow never comes, but now is always here. And because you […]
It’s not something I enjoyed. In fact I felt terrible, as though I had failed. I was asked to coach a director of the client company who was behaving inappropriately, albeit he wasn’t aware that his behaviour was inappropriate. That worked well and I was asked to help some other key people in the company […]
