Executive Walk: Have you been to the Gemba lately?
"Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you're 1000 miles away from a cornfield."-Dwight D. Eisenhower Research has shown over and over again that the places…
Strategic Stewardship Conversation: Before You Draw The Curtain On The Year-End Appraisal
The end of the year is a very peculiar season as it brings excitement as well as apprehension. December is easily the most colourful month of the year; it comes…
Organisational Grit: Succeeding with Adversity Quotient
"We live in uncertain and adversity rich times, therefore, leaders are required to possess and lead with exceptional grit and resilience to produce impressive results in such challenging contexts- Dr…
Are You Happy? Building a Conscious Connection of Care and Inclusion
"Great leaders genuinely care for and love the people they lead more than they love leading itself. Leadership without love degenerates into self-serving manipulation.” - Rick Warren. Are you happy?…
Who Can Lead Radical Transformation: Insights From Xiaoping Deng.
“Remember that your past successes may lead to your future failure. However, if you learn a lesson from every failure then you may ultimately succeed” – Jack Ma The need…
Photo credit Bùi Quốc Kỳ Kynhong — National Geographic
Winning with Curiosity and Intellectual Humility
"The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realise, the less I know." — Michel Legrand Take a quick glance at the featured…
Organisational Misalignment; The Handwriting is Always on the Wall
Start strong, stay strong and finish strong by always remembering why you are doing it the first place – Ralph Marston Think about organisations that started impeccably well, grew to…
“Yes Boss”; Dealing with Sycophancy in Organisations
"I want people around me who will tell me the truth, who will tell me the truth as they see it. You cannot effectively operate and manage if you have…
Inclusive Leadership: Confronting the Look Alike and Think Alike Strategy.
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader " -John Quincy Adams What skills does a leader need to…
Fake It Till You Make It: An “Owanbe” Business Strategy
"The best formula for a good night’s sleep is having a clear conscience.”- Clare Josa The way mediocrity is elevated and celebrated with piety presupposes that originality has gone out…