Tools for Leadership in Times of Change
The new decade has started with a bang. It’s the start of January and already Australia is on fire and the president of the United States has committed an act Continue Reading →
It was lovely to receive more unexpected feedback from a reader yesterday: “Re: Your mind blowing book and workbook! … I discussed with my wife about some concepts from the book, Continue Reading →
In the short time since Inner Leadership was first published we have seen many unexpected changes: North Korea has emerged as a long range nuclear power (and then offered to give up Continue Reading →
We’ve seen how finding the opportunities in a situation puts us back in control and how it also helps to build the inspiration that is so essential in a time Continue Reading →
Ten years ago the challenges you face today would probably not have arisen for you: you were likely in a different role and you probably didn’t have the skills or experience Continue Reading →
We know that problems contain opportunities and that finding those opportunities will bring the inspiration that matters so much in these times of change. We also know that simply looking for these opportunities will bring us Continue Reading →
Not every tricky situation we face will lead us to discover penicillin or invent Uber. But whether or not we find a world-changing solution, simply having the attitude that approaches problems as if Continue Reading →
When so much around us is changing so fast, learning to spot the opportunities in a situation becomes even more important. One simple and very powerful way of doing this quickly Continue Reading →
We have seen how in a time of change there are no intrinsic opportunities and threats and how the key attitude that defines leadership is the ability to see a Continue Reading →
When Georges de Mestral came home from a walk one day to find his dog and his clothes covered in burrs, he didn’t just remove them: he looked closely at Continue Reading →
There was once a farmer in ancient China who owned a horse. “You are so lucky!” his neighbours told him, “to have a horse to pull the cart for you.” Continue Reading →
In a churning world we cannot know what will happen next: an opportunity might turn out to be a threat; a strength might turn into a weakness; a chrysalis might Continue Reading →
When I was fairly fresh out of business school I was asked to prepare a strategic business plan for a half billion dollar pan-European technology company. The industry was undergoing Continue Reading →