Eight Characteristics of Mentally Tough Leaders

Eight Characteristics of Mentally Tough Leaders

  They know what they control, they know what they can influence and they know what they can do nothing about. They do not spend their time “fighting windmills” wasting their energy where they have no impact. They consciously take into account their emotional...
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...