This quote by John Quincy Adams is a powerful one. It raises the question for us leaders; are our people becoming more or less as a result of our leadership? Dream More: Are we helping our people to dream more? Dreaming about what they could become. Dreaming about how bright their future could be. It’s the …
I hope you’ve had a great year and are looking forward to a well earned break. But before you sign off, let me ask you an important question. What decisions have you made about 2016 that will make it your best year ever? Maybe you haven’t thought about it yet and will when you get back …
Imagine the next time you had to make a big decision you simply used this philosophy to guide you. If it doesn’t feel like a ‘hell yes’ then it’s a no. For example, You advertise for a position on your team to be filled. You interview the best applicants. You aren’t impressed. They are OK …
What is the opposite of authentic? I’ll bet you thought of fake, false or phoney. Am I right? Here is the thing with leadership – pure and simple. If you are not authentic you are a fake. If you are not authentic, you are not who you say you are. You are not the real …
Possibly the biggest story in Australian sport this year is about National Rugby League player, Jarryd Hayne, who has just been signed by the San Francisco 49ers to play professional football in the USA. Even if you are not a sports nut there are plenty of leadership lessons to learn from the man they call ‘The …
The thought of the dreaded annual performance review leaves many with cold sweats. There has been much celebration at the news that one of the world’s largest professional services companies, Accenture, will soon stop doing annual performance reviews with its 330,000 employees. Read more here. It is likely that many will follow suit. But before you …
It would be wrong to say that leadership in good times is easy. It’s our actions, though, in tough times, when the chips are down, that may define us as leaders. Where I live in the Hunter area of Australia we have just had a once in a generation severe weather event. Destructive, cyclonic winds, extensive rainfall leading …
The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang Mary Kay Ash As the leader (of the organisation, team or group) you are the pace setter. You are the one that others take their lead from. Are you currently on slo mo, fast forward or paused? Cosmetics legend Mary Kay Ash, founder of the Mary …
Going through life as a phoney, especially if you are in a leadership role, is going to mean that you will do it tough. You’ll find it hard to get and keep followers. Like they say, you can only fool some of the people some of the time.