"When you change the way you see things....the things you see change" ~Dr. Wayne Dyer Each week I typically have at least ten 1:1 meetings, some with clients, some with mentees, some with new people, some with longtime friends, colleagues, past clients. This past...
A while ago I wrote about one Leadership Superpower, Encouragement. Today I focus on another, Belief, inspired by the brilliant Georgie Loxton (if you want to truly look at what wealth means at all levels for yourself, she is who I refer people to, always). Georgie...
Chapeau to Andrés Iniesta, Derek Jeter, Ed Percival and more. Let us all take endings seriously.
A great quote to begin with ! I am passionate about Diversity of Thought, I am super curious and love to learn from many different quarters and channels (hence my article yesterday: "Synthesising ideas – who inspires you?", listing some writers who inspire me, a group...
Peter Drucker famously said : "Culture eats strategy for breakfast", though I prefer the way Nilofer Merchant put it in this HBR article a few years ago: "Culture Trumps Strategy, Every Time" A core element of Culture is Trust, how we behave around each other, how far...
Regular readers know that each Saturday I write a "Writing I Love" article, and last week I wrote about Mindset by Carol Dweck. I'd also reference the language and ask you to take a look at it and consider in the context of yesterday's post: "Language shapes the way...
Would you pay more, much more, for someone who takes less time than anyone else to provide you the answers and impact you seek ?
Are you patient enough to lead transformative change slowly ? If not, I doubt you will succeed. Why ? read on.. and I’d love you…
Would you pay more, much more, for someone who takes less time than anyone else to provide you the answers and impact you seek?
Leadership lessons from an elite athlete in a pro sport. Which sport ? It may surprise you.
Today a short post bringing awareness of a true leadership superpower available to all of us. "I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation and...
Leadership is the overarching theme of my writing on this site. As part of this, I write every Friday an article on "Smashing Paradigms", looking to challenge my own thinking and to be of support to you in the same way. First, for clarity on the word Paradigm,...
Would you pay more, much more, for someone who takes less time than anyone else to provide you the answers and impact you seek ?
Could you go a week waiting overnight before replying to email? What might you learn?
This too shall pass. The fable of King Solomon, handed down as a timeless tool for resilience
Whit’s Fur Ye’ll No Go By Ye – a resilience tool from Scottish grannies. Please share your simple tools for resilience in support of others
So what is safe ? Being an Artist. Seriously. Read on…
Ikigai, Presence.. Bucket Lists, and 2001 A Space Odyssey
So what is safe? Being an Artist. Seriously. Read on…
Good procrastination and identifying the “doesn’t matter” in your personal universe
When someone goes on a trip, do you automatically say “have a safe flight” ? Thoughts on the power of awareness around and use of…
Time is the most valuable commodity we have, are you “ruthlessly aware” of how you spend this currency ?
Good procrastination and identifying the “doesn’t matter” in your personal universe
I believe that there is no such thing as an original idea, only riffs on a theme. Here I riff on “Less is More”
“In playing music, the virtuoso plays less, expresses more”.
To go radical, you need to see outside the jar you’re in
How much do you “think different”? Will you be remembered as others were in “here’s to the crazy ones”?
Paint a picture with words and other will follow. Lessons from Saint Ex.
Build your own model to understand the economy, with the help of five experts.
Napoleon Hill on Master Mind and what it means to be educated. #SmashingParadigms
Ikigai, Flow and Leadership
Sharing lessons today on Seven Leadership Archetypes, including what is means to be a Sage #ModernElder
Wisdom from Warren Buffett, who works smart, not hard, has peace of mind, and behind all the numbers, culture is his secret. A true #ModernElder
Do you have skin in the game? Your people? How do you align your people if they don’t?
Getting out of the echochamber and learning. Ethics, Utopias, Kilkenomics and CUSP
What does great look like? A one page strategy….