February 18, 2015 The Future Directions of Leadership: The long-term starts tomorrow
Have you ever wondered what will be required for leading effectively in 2050? Let alone what will be required for leading effectively tomorrow? Yes, the long-term starts tomorrow! Three things will take your leadership to the next level and successfully meet current and future leadership challenges: Boost the respect and credibility required […]
Read MoreJanuary 10, 2015 Collective Leadership in Paris
The strange mix of shock, pain, sadness, courage, solidarity, fearlessness and coordinated action resulting from the horrific events in Paris against Charlie Hebdo epitomise the ultimate expressions of collective leadership. The fluid spontaneity, passion and engagement of the national call for accountability and collective action we have witnessed has been both moving and inspirational. It […]
Read MoreDecember 31, 2014 How To Create the Future
The primary, and often forgotten, task of leaders is to create and shape the future. They do so by generating possibilities. Possibilities provide both opportunity and hope. They are not limited by the past and they shape the future. They create what’s possible by making the future vivid and tangible. Generating possibilities challenges what we […]
Read MoreDecember 17, 2014 The Gift
Once upon a time, a dissatisfied and confused young man went traveling around the world in search of meaning and purpose. One night, in one of the many villages he visited on his journey, he heard of an old wise man who helped young people to find success in life. The following morning, he visited […]
Read MoreOctober 27, 2014 Busyness: Epidemic, Leader Killer or Just a Trap for New Players?
I have recently returned from running two one-week residential leadership development programs – one in Dubai and one in the Netherlands. During these weeks, I had the opportunity to work with leaders from twelve countries, representing very contrasting cultures: Finland, Norway, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, UK, France, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Japan and Australia. As you […]
Read MoreOctober 17, 2014 Why and How to Measure Your Personal Leadership Brand
Your personal leadership brand (PLB) reflects your uniqueness as leader –it’s your trademark embodying and communicating your leadership essence, identity, values and style. Your PLB is driven by your purpose and intentions, and shaped and reinforced by your actions over time. Ultimately, it defines your reputation –the product of your stakeholders’perceptions of your leadership style […]
Read MoreSeptember 5, 2014 Three Practices That Guarantee Happiness
We live in an overly-rational world that often restricts our ability to use our emotions to our advantage. Our thinking mind creates the illusory promise that happiness will come when we achieve something, e.g. lots of money, the ideal house, job or partner. This over-complicates a simple (yet, not necessarily easy) process for happiness. It […]
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Turning the three leadership development practices I describe below into habits will boost the impact of your leadership to a new level – guaranteed! 1. Always be truthful to yourself Always, always, always, be yourself. Never attempt to imitate or mimic anyone. No matter how successful someone might be, never try to emulate them. […]
Read MoreJuly 10, 2014 Effective Leadership – It Takes Two To Tango!
As the saying goes “it takes two to tango” – even in achieving effective leadership! Leadership remains one of the most discussed and researched topics in contemporary management. And leadership development still is one of the hottest topics in business today, with companies investing heavily in it. Based on the massive amount of attention, effort […]
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One of Marshall Goldsmith’s most valuable pearls of wisdom is that of providing leaders with ‘feedforward’ instead of feedback. Author and management expert, Ken Blanchard, once popularised the phrase: Feedback is the breakfast of champions. Feedback has been considered an essential skill for leaders and part of everyone’s vocabulary for a very long time. Feedforward, however, […]
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