Tools for Leadership in Times of Change
Benjamin Franklin was a successful inventor, printer, author, scientist, postmaster, humorist, civic activist, statesman, diplomat, and politician. He was also one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. How 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 →
We have seen how the key attitude that defines leadership is the ability to see a problem as an opportunity. This is the attitude that enabled Alexander Fleming to turn a ‘failed’ Continue Reading →
When Georges de Mestral came home 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 →
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 become a threat; a strength might turn into a weakness; a chrysalis might turn into a butterfly. In Continue Reading →
Winston Churchill famously said: “You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.” This time of change is bringing us many ‘barking 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 services company. The industry was Continue Reading →
Having centred ourselves and made clear sense of our situation, the third step of Inner Leadership is to find more potential ways forward. We could do this by looking at Continue Reading →
A time of change can often bring unwanted emotions such as anger, frustration, fear, and sadness. Often we work hard to make these emotions go away. But with a different attitude, Continue Reading →