In his book ‘Essentialism’ Greg McKeown tells the story of how, just a couple of hundred years ago, the word ‘priority’ meant the single most important thing. Then we messed with it and invented a word called ‘priorities’ which as we now know means lots of most important things. If you could do just one …
I’ve been talking lately about how we should be focusing on being better and letting go of the desire to be the best. It’s a concept that’s getting some mixed responses. I think that we have been told (and sold) the concept that we should all strive to be the best and that anything less …
At the Olympic Games, the first three places prepare for the medal ceremony by standing next to the podium. The person who placed third steps up for the bronze. They’d have to be pretty good to be the third best in the world. Second place is good too, just a little bit better than third. …
A really simple, yet valuable investment in your time over the holiday break. They say the definition of insanity is doing the same things over and over and expecting a different result. What are you going to do differently in 2018? What are you going to start doing? There are plenty of things that we …
A Google search of ‘measuring leadership effectiveness’ reveals nearly five million search results. Enough said that it is a complex issue. What about if we judged a leader’s contribution by how far they grew their people and how much better their people became as a result of their leadership? Putting aside the difficulty of objectively …
Three constants in life. Death, taxes and change. The pace of change is increasing. It comes in many forms. It’s not going away. In my experience most organisational change fails, for a whole lot of reasons, but mostly – lack of planning, lack of involvement of those who will be most affected by it and …
Busy? My guess is that nine out of 10 of you would answer “very.” I’ll even go so far as to predict that you what you are busy with is attending meetings, submitting reports, doing rosters, complying with regulations, reviewing contracts, renewing leases, updating policies, replying to emails etc. You get the drift. Busyness. Kind of …
Want to know the single, most important responsibility of a leader? It’s easy to become overwhelmed just thinking about everything we, as leaders, should be doing. Becoming a better leader is easier said than done. Some people have given up trying because there is just too much to think about. But what if we distilled …
Boss, manager, leader, supervisor – they all mean the same right? You might call me pedantic, but thinking they’re just words for the same thing is a big part of the problem. I came across this image* recently and it stopped me in my tracks because it absolutely nails it for me. Look at Boss. …
So, a couple of things about me. I am a family man. Very proud of my four kids. While I work with a wide range of aspiring leaders in a range of different contexts, I am always mindful that my number one leadership job is to be the best father possible. I’m not perfect by …