September 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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Leadership perspectives have evolved over time through various schools of thought, such as Great Man, trait, behavioural, situational, contingency and transactional theories. More recent transformational leadership models include: positive, servant, moral, spiritual, authentic, ethical and adaptive leadership. The current accepted view is that leadership is a relationship between leaders and their followers – terminology […]
Read MoreApril 21, 2014 Building Australia’s Global Talent and Leadership Capability
The 21st century economy is the era of globalisation, and ‘Australia in The Asian Century’ is clearly evident given the impending trade agreements between Australia and China, Japan and South Korea. This follows the previous Government’s signing of a free trade agreement with Malaysia in 2012, and negotiation of agreements with Singapore and Thailand. Given […]
Read MoreApril 14, 2014 Global Leadership Expands – The World Grows Smaller
As technology ever-decreases our global boundaries, leaders of enterprise find they are increasingly required to work across foreign markets, borders and cultures. While this presents opportunity, there are also challenges and risks! Performing effectively in multicultural environments requires business leaders who are culturally diverse. This need poses a serious risk, as our own cultural ‘programming’ […]
Read MoreDecember 18, 2013 Personal Branding as an Effective Leadership Development Strategy
In a constantly evolving world, effective leaders use their personal brand to grow and develop, communicate their unique value, and manage the perceptions of constituents or stakeholders. What’s personal branding? Personal branding is a process of self-empowerment. It allows leaders to develop more self-confidence, optimism, resilience, credibility, stronger positive self-image and identity, and greater clarity […]
Read MoreNovember 30, 2013 7 Ways to Seriously Skyrocket Your Leadership in the New Year
The New Year will require leaders across all sectors and industries to exercise much bolder and audacious leadership than in 2013. This means leaders will be required to exercise inordinate focus, and display much greater leadership maturity and agility. How can you accomplish this? No tricks, gimmicks or fads, but pure science! To prepare for […]
Read MoreNovember 21, 2013 Australian leaders ‘put the cat on the table’
It only takes 5% more self-awareness to display positive, authentic and ethical leadership. ‘Putting the cat on the table’ is a Finnish expression that refers to speaking frankly and honestly about difficult subjects. I learned this while conducting leadership development program with a Finnish client – a global leader in their field, with a presence […]
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