Tag: Leadership Development

April 25, 2022

Three Questions to Improve Your Leadership

To aspiring leaders. Working with the late, great John R Caldon – former Deputy MD of Macquarie Group – I…

April 20, 2022

Persevere and Wait for Your Breakthrough

A note to young leaders. Persevere. Progress is almost never linear. It’s subject to the “law of breakthroughs”. Breakthroughs are…

April 18, 2022

Seize the Night and Engage Your Creativity

To young leaders. Carpe noctem. We’ve all heard of Carpe Diem (“seize the day”) – but here’s a story about…

April 15, 2022

Ask the Right Questions to Ensure Success

To young professionals. When I’m interviewing a candidate, I’m always hoping they’ll ask me this killer question. “What are the…

April 13, 2022

Always Remember, You Always Have a Choice

Note to self. I am lying to myself whenever I say: “I had to do so-and-so. I had no choice.”…

April 11, 2022

Keep Humility in Success and Failure

To young leaders. A lesson from my father, who was once asked by an acquaintance how his business was going,…

April 8, 2022

Success and Succession

To young leaders. A brief note on success and succession. Aristotle measured the success of any one life through a…

April 6, 2022

The Power of Vulnerability in Leadership

A lesson from the late, great John R Caldon, former Deputy MD of Macquarie Group. John was always very open…

April 4, 2022

The Difference Between Leading and Managing

To young leaders. Leaders focus most of their time on growing revenue. Managers focus most of their time on cutting…

March 18, 2022

Act on Kindness Quickly

Note to self. A kind thought should never be allowed to rust. If I feel disposed to do something kind,…

March 16, 2022

The Impact of Audience on Message

The late, great John R Caldon – former Deputy MD of Macquarie Group – once gave me this advice in…

March 14, 2022

The Power of Self-Belief in Leadership

Self-belief. We see it in champions, it sets them apart. Some call it guts, some call it pride. It’s the…