A note to young leaders. Great parents prove themselves so in the far ranging personalities and interests of their children. If the kids all look and sound the same, there’s a good chance they’ve been fashioned in the image of one or both parents. The same is true of great leaders of corporate teams. In […]
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A note to young leaders. On charisma. Many people mistakenly believe charisma is the ability to dazzle and thus draw attention and admiration to yourself. The opposite is true. Charisma is the ability to make those in your company feel they are interesting or important. (But to do that, they have to first feel that […]
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A note to young leaders. “Life can only be understood backwards; but it can only be lived forwards.” Thus spoke the Danish philosopher, Soren Kierkegaard. Take the fated life of Spanish singer-songwriter, Julio Iglesias. At the age of 19, Julio was selected to play as goalkeeper for Real Madrid’s first team. One day short of […]
A note to young leaders. Allow me to share an inspirational story about a colleague, Antoine Biger, whom I’m proud to call my friend. Two weeks ago, he was riding his motorbike to work when a Ute suddenly cut across his path and collided with him. The collision shattered Antoine’s left knee and caused multiple […]
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A note to young leaders. The golden rule of relationships – don’t be reckless with other people’s composure or self-esteem. If you make a person toss and turn at night – it’s your fault, not theirs. It’s bad karma and, one way or another, it will rebound and hurt you. Wherever possible, avoid making people […]
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A note to young leaders. Your mood and well-being are less a matter of where you are and more a matter of where your gaze is fixed. You can be sitting in a slum but looking at the sunset. Don’t ignore the negative – but fix your gaze only on what is good, pure and […]
A note to young leaders. If you are regularly waking up to an alarm, you’re not getting enough sleep. Throw away your alarm clock. Give your body the rest it needs. Waking up alarmed is not good for you. […]
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A note to young leaders. Lessons from my father. In my late twenties, at a family dinner, I was feeling a little despondent and grumbled about some office politics that I was contending with. My father giggled and said: “Son, there are eight billion people on the planet. If you live in Australia and you’re […]
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A note to young entrepreneurs. Now that we are all travelling a lot more and pitching overseas again, it’s good to bear in mind the pitfalls of fly-in-fly-out sales. No matter how enthusiastic your overseas prospects are, always bear this in mind – as the plane ascends to take you home, your chances of doing […]
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