Tools for Leadership in Times of Change
They say a diamond is just a piece of charcoal that learned to handle stress exceptionally well. Inner Leadership is a book about how we too can learn to Continue Reading →
A very Happy New Year to all of you and very a warm welcome to all our new subscribers. The Churning, Inner Leadership provides a framework and a practical set 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 →
The first three skills of Inner Leadership are the ability to stay calm in a crisis, make clear sense of the situation, and find more opportunities to move forward. But even Continue Reading →
We know that in a time of change there are no intrinsic opportunities or threats — there is only what happens and the ways we choose to respond. We’ve also seen Continue Reading →
Many years ago, a man set off with his son to walk to market, taking their donkey with them. On the way they passed through several villages. At the first village Continue Reading →
Lao Tzu said: “If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are Continue Reading →
Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was born into a relatively modest family on a provincial island far from the centres of power. But somehow he became one of the greatest military and political leaders of Continue Reading →
Once we have used the ten types of opportunity to find new options for moving forward, our next task is to choose between them. Peter Drucker had very a clear view Continue Reading →
When George de Mestral returned from a walk one day to find his clothes and his dog covered in burrs he didn’t just remove them, he looked closely at how Continue Reading →
When Dee Hock founded the Visa credit card company he created a new type of organisation structure, something he calls chaordic. This is a mixture of chaos and order that Continue Reading →
Sometimes we are happy with the lives that we are living. Sometimes we feel dissatisfied but we don’t quite know why. The reason for this dissatisfaction is our inner drive 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 →