Future leaders beware

Future leaders beware

  If you are found guilty of deploying your leadership for a good cause; everything you say and do will be taken out of context, distorted and used against you! That photo of you in the same room as someone smoking a joint, your distant membership of some obscure...
The C-Suite

The C-Suite

  Having a C-Suite is one thing; having a C-Suit leadership team is something else and having a real C-Suite leadership team, empowered, engaged and aligned, is ……………………….. not easy. C-Suite leadership teams are difficult beasts as egos are usually omnipresent A...
The importance of unlearning to leadership

The importance of unlearning to leadership

  I often kick-off my leadership seminars by asking the participants to get into small groups and share their unlearning objectives; “what do you need to unlearn during our time together”. This usually causes a few raised eyebrows and some surprised looks! Before...
From diatribe to dialogue – part 2 Core characteristics

From diatribe to dialogue – part 2 Core characteristics

  In part 1 I looked at the 4D’s – Diatribe, Debate, Discussion and Dialogue In part 2 I will look at five core characteristics that you need to develop to help you on your journey to dialogue Openness This is the willingness to let go of certainty...