A note to young leaders. A friend recently told me: “You must be very proud of what EG has built.” I replied: “Thanks, I appreciate that – but honestly, I’m less proud than I am excited about the opportunity of what we can build from here.” The future is more interesting than the past. “The […]
A note to young leaders. Sleep. The talented team you lead deserves a well-rested leader. When I mentor, one of the first questions I ask is: How many hours of sleep do you get each day? How well do you sleep? The science is in. The percentage of the population which functions at its best […]
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A note to leaders on the rise. Spider-Man got it right: with great power comes great responsibility. The greater your power, the greater your impact – and the more careful you should be in what you say and do. The greater your authority, the more gentle and courteous you should be. Courtesy brings out the […]
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A note to young leaders. All great leaders are passionate. Sadly, “passionate” is a word that has lost its bite over the years. It’s come to mean “ardent emotion or motivation”. But passion derives from the Latin verb “patior” meaning “to suffer”. That’s why Jesus’ death is often called “The Passion of Christ”. In other […]
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A note to young leaders. When you look at yourself in the mirror, you should roar. Because you should see a lion. Self-belief is absolutely critical to success, in any endeavour. And how do you cultivate self-belief? If you wish to admire yourself, act admirably. Start with standing up for what you believe in. Standing […]
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A note to young leaders. Breaking bread with a young leader on Friday night. “Sometimes I feel so grateful and contented as though I want for nothing. And yet at the same time, I’m so ambitious, I feel what I have today is so little”, he remarked, as though puzzled by the contradiction. “Precisely”, I […]
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A note to business owners. Successful business partnerships are built on a common work ethic, a shared vision and shared values. Where this exists, all problems are resolvable. Where this does not exist, dissolution is merely a matter of time. […]
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A note to young leaders. Lessons from my father. On one occasion in my late teens, I arrived home from university to see dad watching a BBC African wildlife documentary. The footage was of two springboks fighting each other in the Kalahari desert. As they became absorbed in the fight, they did not notice the […]
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A note to young leaders. All you need to know, you can learn from Rocky’s speech to his son in the movie, “Rocky Balboa”. I make sure it’s played often on the TV screens in EG’s offices. And when I mentor young leaders, I ask them to write the speech out in full and to […]
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