Take care, but take risks too
We can’t live a life without risk and so learning to take calculated risks (risk management) when we’re young is essential. I want my own kids to be risk takers and even better risk managers.
Leadership & Culture
The CEO Disease
The CEO Disease is a colourful term for a leadership feedback vacuum. This is where good solid feedback doesn’t make it through to the leader, thereby creating a vacuum where the leader thinks they know what’s going on (and how they are performing), but the reality is quite different.
Tell vs. Ask
If you’re operating in an environment where people need to think to succeed, then ensure people aren’t being told how to think or what to think.
Lack-lustre team performance: Ten solutions
What are the signals of lacklustre team performance, and what are the solutions? These are the questions I look to get answered when starting to coach a new team.
Leaders and Followers
On an army assault course in the UK – why I was there is a long story – I heard a recruit proclaim “In this life there are leaders and there are followers. I am a leader.”
