A note to young leaders. Your smart phone holds a key to the type of leader you are. How many calls / texts do you make to your direct reports in a given week? How many do you receive? […]
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To young leaders. We are often encouraged to view our “work-life balance” as a scale. Don’t fall for it, it’s the wrong metaphor. I much prefer the “work-life flywheel”. Here’s why. Work, family and leisure all require your energy if they are to be enjoyed and done well. But your daily energy quota is not […]
Note to self. I learn and grow primarily through my eyes (reading, observing) and my ears (listening). Listening is therefore a super power. Deep listening requires me to suspend my internal dialogue so I can fully inhabit my colleague’s reality. It’s a form of meditation. If I don’t do that – I’m not so much […]
A note to young leaders being undermined by political machinations. It matters less what they think of you. It matters more what you think of yourself. It doesn’t matter what they call you. It matters what you answer to. Don’t let others define you. No one knows you better than you know yourself. Stick to […]
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A note to young leaders. The human mind has a tendency to think in straight lines. This is why pundits so frequently get it wrong when they forecast the future by extrapolating the recent past. And yet the universe leaves us clues everywhere as to its underlying blueprint. “There are no straight lines in nature” […]
Note to self. I must be quick to correct others if they put me on a pedestal. Praise I don’t fully deserve is an ego trap. If I accept it, I’m compelled to pretend to be someone I’m not. Yet to reject a compliment is often to invite its repetition. So how best to respond? […]
To young leaders. I was very fortunate to have worked closely for six years with the late, great John R Caldon, former Deputy MD of Macquarie Group. Like all great leaders, John had an acute understanding of human nature and a talent for pithy expression. In 1997, we were working late one night when John […]
A note to young leaders. Sir Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein are among the most influential individuals to have ever walked the planet. So, to what did they attribute their unusual success? Here’s what Einstein said when he was asked about the inspiration behind his theory of relativity: “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s […]
A note to young leaders. If your business isn’t growing, the bottleneck isn’t somewhere out there – the bottleneck is in your mind. You are the problem. You are the solution. Own it. […]