I’ve just come out of a working session with an executive team. After much debate, they agreed on a simple but powerful charter for how they will lead together. Once again I was struck by how much this kind of clarity matters. How the top team shows up really matters.
Do you have a real team at the top? Last time I promised to write about how to start to tap into the gold mine inside your organisation. The first step is to [...]
What is your most important priority as a leader in 2017? Every business we work with today is experiencing major competition and change. Under this constant pressure everyone is striving to stay ahead. [...]
How do you bring a business back to life? In September each year we meet up with Patrick Lencioni and our partners, The Table Group in the beautiful city of San Francisco. It’s [...]
What Qualities Matter Most In Your Leaders We recently worked with a very well known global company in Asia. They are a household name and have a proud history of innovation and product [...]
The Ideal Team Player Teamwork is a subject that receives so much attention. Almost every organisation wants more of it and is willing to invest in getting it – especially at the top [...]
Guiding principles for a great career I have been working in China this month – in Guangzhou, a city home to 12 million people. We were there to conduct a Leadership Development [...]
Are you trying too hard? A hero of mine passed away earlier this month. He was a true legend and innovator. Dick Fosbury changed an entire discipline of athletics forever. Because of him [...]
Who will cry when you say goodbye? Some years ago I attended the farewell for the Chief Executive of a well-known company. The room was packed with people. They’d come to bid farewell [...]
Is Your Ladder Up Against the Right Wall? Many years ago, I read the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. The author, Stephen Covey concluded that the lives of even successful people are [...]
