Lately, I’ve been reminded how some people can see and create things way before others. I call it “inspired creativity” – the ability to find alternative solutions and approaches in pursuit of sustainable results. Inspired creativity is one of the seven leadership dimensions that emerged from my PhD research, and I devote Chapter 4 [...]
Can you relate? You’re having a busy day at work, and there’s a particular problem that you can’t get off your mind. Even though you’re in and out of meetings (or video calls these days), you don’t contribute much. You’re preoccupied. That evening at home, you’re quiet at the dinner table. You don’t ask [...]
In my reflections with a coaching client at the start of this year, I was fascinated by what she has achieved during very difficult global times. I was reminded again: we are not our circumstances. This point is backed up by research. A study that followed 52 men who were in prison at an [...]
Enhancing our leadership capacity to contribute to a more humane global system As leaders, we have a responsibility to develop a humane system in which we create wealth, but not at the cost of people. In my previous blog on the 5th Industrial Revolution, I referred to the problematic situation when humans and machines [...]
Over the past few centuries, humans have experienced wave upon wave of technological advancements, and it has had a massive impact on the way we work. The image below illustrates this series of industrial revolutions. The first two industrial revolutions were spread apart by at least a century. Now, it’s happening much quicker. We [...]
I end the introduction to the book with these words: Dare to entertain the idea of a different kind of leadership than what most of us think of when we hear the word. Imagine what organisations can be like if everyone, including the leader, comes to work with their whole [...]
Independent Facilitators Ensure Powerful Dialogue and Results! My experience as Specialist Facilitator during the last 17 years in Strategy Breakaways or Reviews, Conflict Disputes, Leadership Alignment Interventions or any Business Improvement Discussions convinced me that Independent Facilitation rather than expert knowledge is the secret ingredient for Powerful Results. I often asked myself why independence [...]
How to become the most effective manager you can be In my experience working as manager and consultant in and for organisations in the past 30 year one of the three most important success factors in business success is the quality of the management team. The other two are the balance sheet and whether [...]
What are a leader’s core strengths and values and how do they navigate in a very complex fast changing world? Otto Scharmer, author of Theory U, says we know a great deal about leaders, their decision-making, what they do and how they do it, ‘but, we know very little about the ‘inner place’, for [...]
The controversial Jordan Peterson, in his book: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (2018), adds something else to the above. In his rule 4 he has the following to say: “Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not the person you are today… Start by getting on your knees to pray. Even [...]
