Tools for Leadership in Times of Change
People often ask, why is this book called “The Churning”? There are three reasons. The first is because of the churning that is happening in the world around us. Huge Continue Reading →
A time of change can often bring unwanted emotions: anger, frustration, fear, and sadness. Often we work hard to make these emotions go away. But with a different attitude, and the Continue Reading →
As The Churning breaks for the Christmas holidays we thought we’d end with this recent article from the Harvard Business Review. In it, bestselling author Ron Carucci of Navalent describes how self-knowledge Continue Reading →
The lessons of Inner Leadership are an essential step to delivering sustainable leadership. They bring stability, focus, alignment, and competitive advantage. This is the last in a series of eight articles explaining Continue Reading →
On a day when British MPs decide to launch airstrikes in Syria, and America experiences not one but two mass shootings in one day it can seem as if the whole world is churning. But Continue Reading →
It is now four days since the attacks in Paris and, unless we were directly involved, our emotional reactions have had a chance to die down. We are living through the Continue Reading →
Less than five months ago we were all certain that the outcome of the British general election would be another hung parliament (see: Guardian, Telegraph). Instead, the Conservative Party won a clear outright majority. In the resulting race for Continue Reading →
Dear friends, As you know, I have been writing this book on leadership in times of change for little over a year now. Yesterday I completed the final section of Continue Reading →
Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s third book is called “Antifragile: Things that gain from disorder”. In it, Taleb says: Things (or people) that break when they come under stress are called ‘fragile’ Things and Continue Reading →
If you had been born 500 years ago, the job you do today probably did not exist. Fifty years from now it might not exist again. But your purpose and values Continue Reading →