When You Lead There Is No Such Thing As A Trivial Act
The title of this post came from a summary of a talk by Pat Murray. As a leader, people watch every single act. If you are in a bad mood and act out of that bad mood, people think that is who you are....
View ArticleFrustrated Expectations: Not Asking for Commitment
One of the hardest parts of leadership is getting people around you to take action. It is easy to get people to agree generally that things could be better, it is a vastly different conversation to...
View Article12 Abuses: Ancient Irish Wisdom for Kings
De duodecim abusivis saeculi “On the Twelve Abuses of the World” is a self-help book written by an Irish author between 630 and 700AD. You could say that it was the earliest precursor to Steven Covey,...
View ArticleCulture: by Design, or by Default?
“Only 3 things happen naturally in organisations: friction, confusion and underperformance. Everything else requires leadership” Peter Drucker Mediocrity is effortless. Excellence requires effort....
View ArticleEngagement – Is it really the employer’s responsibility?
I have sat through many presentations over the last 3 years listening to experts telling company leaders how they can make their company an engaging workplace; how they can increase employee...
View ArticleStatus Anxiety [great podcast…]
Status Anxiety is a much bigger issue today than at any time in history. The self-help gurus have sold us on the idea that each of us individually has the power to succeed or fail within us. If I read...
View ArticleMission: It should fit on a t-shirt
An effective statement of mission should be short, sharp and direct. It should fit on a t-shirt. Not a font 8 squeeze, but a legible font. Every person who is involved should be able to articulate how...
View ArticleIdleness is Difficult
“It is not necessary for a man to be actively bad in order to make a failure in life; simple inaction will accomplish it. Nature has everywhere written her protest against idleness; everything which...
View ArticleNotes from Cicero
This blog post is based on a couple of passages that I have copied and pasted from the book “The Cicero Trilogy” by Robert Harris. 2 weeks ago I found myself watching the Impeachment trial of US...
View ArticleImproving your Strengths or Improving your Weaknesses
You cannot win the marathon by sprinting. The winner of the 100m in the Olympics might also win the 200m, but will never be competitive in the 10K… or marathon …or rowing, or judo… Gold medal athletes...
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