It was colleagues at UK business school Ashridge who helped me see how powerful an experiential metaphor for leadership dance can be. Here’s why.
Social media – Facebook being a prime example of it – is a tool like any other. How effectively are you wielding it?
Sometimes we are prompted to do unusual things that our logical mind tells us are dumb, even impracticable. Sometimes those things turn out to move us in directions we would not have allowed ourselves to go, that serve us in ways we could not have imagined. Here’s how one of those worked out for me.
It is better for your health, it makes the best use of you, and you get to live a life you love. Why would you not design your business (or your career) to suit you?
Are you charged with bringing more innovation into your organization? Looking for a new approach, an edge that will keep you in the forefront? Then find your highly sensitive people, because they will notice things others don’t; and think differently.
What is your Unassailable Competitive Advantage? Is it the top-level school you went to? Your sales levels, or how many times you have hit your targets at work? How many companies you have started? Or even who your family is and the weight your name carries? These are external advantages that you can put in your cv, resume, or calling card, but […]
Here are some perspectives on investing financially in your new business, and how long to keep your day job. Since you ARE your business – at least in the early days of starting one – investing in yourself in terms of trainings, certifications, perhaps education is a really good idea. For instance, when I was […]
I’m back in London for the summer. I am on a tight budget, because I’m rebuilding my business after my Mom’s death, and am not willing to generate credit card or other debt. I am in boot-strap mode! So, when I was planning my trip, I sent out a series of emails to people I […]
“Leaders listen for the future of their organization” – and I would add, of their world. I came across this quote in a book I’m reading, called “The Three Laws of Performance”, by Zaffron and Logan. The quote resonated with me, because when I was in my 40s and trying to decide what I wanted […]