Leadership blog

DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP CONSCIOUSNESS TO ADAPT, INNOVATE AND GROW
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We are living in a world, with less stability, certainty, simplicity, and predictability, where regional conflicts, societal divisions, and civil unrest have increased globally. Simultaneously, technological-induced disruptive innovations and the climate crisis are impacting every aspect of our daily lives....
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DELIVERING SUCCESSFUL TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGE INITIATIVES
Transformation and change initiatives are usually designed as strategic interventions, intending to advance an organisation's growth, deliver increased shareholder value, build competitive advantage, or improve its speed and agility to respond to fast-changing industries, in a disruptive business environment.  These...
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imagination
IS IMAGINATION REALLY MORE IMPORTANT THAN KNOWLEDGE?
Is imagination really more important than knowledge? How does imagination link to catalysing collective innovation and unleashing corporate vitality? When I did my research, I discovered that the answer is actually paradoxical! Albert Einstein famously said "Imagination is more important...
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INNOVATION LEADERSHIP IS PARADOXICAL
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Most of us are aware that both the organisational leadership and cultural paradigms have shifted, due to the accelerating demands of the current global VUCA/BANI operating environment. Requiring us to make sense of and navigate the paradoxical nature of innovation...
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EXPLORING A CULTURAL TIPPING POINT
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Like millions of others globally, I watched with fascination, the sensational and striking spectacle of the ceremony, significant symbolism, spectacular artifacts, and rituals at the recent King of England’s majestic coronation. At the same time, I allowed my mind to...
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BEING IN CHARGE OF OUR MINDS AND ATTENTION
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In our February blog, we explored how our focus and attention have been stolen, and how our ability to pay attention is collapsing and described why we need to be intentional in reclaiming it. Yet, many of us are constantly...
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RECONNECT AND RESET – IN A CHAOTIC WORLD
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Meeting face to face, for a lovely lunch recently, with a coaching colleague, we were both shocked to discover how stressed and anxious we were feeling about being asked to deliver live workshops and face-to-face coaching to clients once again...
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TAKING PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY – SEEING SELF AS THE CAUSE
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Taking personal responsibility is an especially crucial capability, for entrepreneurs and innovators to develop in the decade of both disruption and transformation. It involves developing a set of powerful self-awareness and self-regulation skills and is further enabled by being able...
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TAKING PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY – CREATING THE LINE OF CHOICE
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In our last blog, Taking personal responsibility - going back to leadership basics, we described how people’s personal power is diminished when they don’t take personal responsibility for the impact of their behaviours and actions and the results they cause....
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TAKING PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY – GOING BACK TO LEADERSHIP BASICS
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I was first introduced to the principle of Taking Personal Responsibility when I attended a number of experiential workshops facilitated by Robert Kiyosaki who is now well known globally as the successful entrepreneurial author of the “Rich Dad Poor Dad” book series....
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