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How do I spark self-leadership?
Dee Hock, Founder of VISA has been attributed with the following quote... "If you want to lead, invest at least 40% of your time in leading yourself." After I mentioned this in a recent keynote speech, someone came up to me and asked: "How do I find 40% in an...
How does confidence help or hinder self-awareness?
What do you think of this statement?: Experience and power hinder self-awareness. Mark, the Director of a company I once worked for shared with me that on his recent annual leave he underwent a leadership assessment and all the results came back that he was an...
Why are boundaries important for leadership?
I've recently injured my knee. As part of the mending process, I'm working with my Physio to reactivate my vastus medialis oblique! This VMO - inner thigh muscle - it's just above the kneecap and it helps to stabilise the kneecap when you bend your knee. Activating...
What do you value?
In a recent leadership workshop Karen reached out on private chat and asked me how she could identify her values and how her values link to understanding her value to her team and the organisation. Great questions! Do you know your values? Your values are part of...
How does a false start impact you?
Happy new year: 2021! I hope you were able to have a break over the festive season: relax, re-energise, see as many loved ones as safely as you could; got in some sleep, laughter and fun! Martin and I had been planning to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania this...
Are you confident at conflict?
Marketing genius Seth Godin posted a recent blog...Contradictory answers to obvious questions That's how you know that they're not obvious. When smart, committed people disagree about the answer to a question, you've found a question worth pursuing and a discussion...
Do you believe in yourself?
There once was a bunch of tiny frogs who arranged a climbing competition. The goal was to reach the top of a very high tower. A big crowd had gathered around the tower to see the race and cheer on the contestants. And the race began…..Honestly, no one in the crowd...
Language Choice
In 2019 I participated in a stand up comedy workshop which included, as a form graduation, each of the students to deliver a 5-7min set. Whether I was funny or not might still be something to debate! As part of the whole experience the students were encouraged to...
Credibility
This past weekend has given us all gifts for the taking when in comes to insights into credibility. What I have taken away from the vote counting in the USA: How might leaders want to be seen by others? How might leaders best handle unknowns? How might leaders best...
Does it make your eyes roll?
In a world of increasing competition and and with so many striving to be seen as successful, productive - the best - it can become a bit disconcerting and off-putting to see some people around you not necessarily being authentic. Not being their genuine selves....
Managing up effectively a non-recepetive boss
In my childhood, Tania was my best friend. We spent almost every waking moment of the day together, we slept over at each other's places, we played together every afternoon after school, we went to the same school and we were in the same class ... inseparable!...
Forging a signature for milk or a million dollars…
In my very first job after graduating university, one of my tasks for the team was to do the ordering of supplies. The one supply person in each team had to be nominated, approved and signatures required and kept on file somewhere in the organisation. (It was a...