Category: Notes to Young Leaders

February 28, 2022

Five Key Profit Priorities for Business Success

To young leaders. Every business should make enough profit to do five things, and preferably in this order: 1. create…

February 25, 2022

Focus on the Diamond, Not the Mud

With the end in mind. We are all in the mud looking for a diamond. If we focus on the…

February 21, 2022

Discover and Focus on Your Superpowers

Here’s a bit of mentoring advice I regularly give to a new generation of leaders. Up to about the age…

February 14, 2022

Stay Grounded When Power Distorts Reality

A note to young leaders. Power is a reality distortion field. The greater the power, the greater the distortion. Power…

February 11, 2022

The Importance of Long-Term Relationships

If the majority of your key relationships are people you’ve met in the past five years, this tells me two…

February 7, 2022

The Power of Consistent Routines for Success

To young leaders. With mask-wearing now mandatory in Sydney offices, many businesses are understandably back in WFH mode. The good…

February 4, 2022

Keep Twinkling Through Life’s Challenges

The real battle is always between the twinkle in your eyes and the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. Don’t…

January 31, 2022

The Power of Honouring Your Word

Here’s why honouring your word is so important. Victory requires persistence. And persistence requires resilience. And resilience requires positive self-talk.…

January 28, 2022

Lead Gently and Unite, Don’t Divide

There are two types of people in the world: those who divide people into two types and those who don’t.…

January 24, 2022

The Power of Kindness and Growth

Recently, an EG colleague and a good friend of mine contacted me to let me know that he and his…

December 17, 2021

The True Measure of Success

On a walk last weekend in Centennial Park with a friend. Friend: See that guy over there. Lucky bastard, he’s…

December 15, 2021

Play to People’s Strengths

A note to young leaders. It’s much easier to change a job description than it is to change a person.…