When I was 15, I had the unexpected good fortune of meeting someone who altered the trajectory of my life. You could call it serendipity. But I prefer Who Luck. It’s a term coined by Jim Collins, to describe the kind of luck that arrives in the form of a person. A person who believes in you and ultimately opens doors you could not have opened yourself.
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 [...]
What is the purpose of a business? I ask this question a lot and there’s a surprising amount of confusion about the answer. The purpose of a business is to create (and keep) [...]
How to avoid job misery Did you know … Gallup research tells us that only 36% of employees are actively engaged in the workplace. The rest lie between disengaged and actively disengaged. In effect [...]
Is your team focused, fired up and fully engaged? “Can you help us build a high performance team” is the question I am most often asked. Almost every organisation wants their teams to [...]
Over the past 12 months, I’ve had the privilege of working closely with an executive team on a transformative leadership journey. Yesterday, in our final session, the team reflected on what they had learned, what they had applied, and how they had grown—both as individual leaders and as a unified executive team.
An executive was asked; ‘How many people work here?’ His answer; ‘Only half’. He was deadly serious. Gallup tells us 62% of employees globally are not engaged and are merely going through the motions. Think of the cost. The wasted capacity for contribution. The tragic waste of organisational resources and peoples lives.
What is that one thing you most desire? This “thing” is your lion. The lion represents your deepest desires – the ones that awaken both passion and fear. Like staring into the eyes of a majestic predator, achieving this desire feels daunting because it requires something profound: CHANGE.
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