How to make better decisions
One of the core issues we all have to tackle every day is how to make decisions. If you are anything like me, you make a decision, look at the outcome and then blame yourself for not making the right decision. “I should have known…” But the latest and absolutely insanely valuable book How to […]
How to get a smarter sharper brain
Most of us would love to think better, faster, and smarter. But putting things into practice and knowing which habits actually propel us towards better thinking patterns is sometimes a mystery. In Jenny Brockis’ book Smarter Sharper Thinking: Reduce Stress, Banish Fatigue and Find Focus there are countless yet targeted insights into how to improve your […]
How to ace the entrepreneurial journey
Becoming a successful entrepreneur is hard but can be done. Guy Raz’ How I Built This podcast focuses on uncovering the secret and very informative journeys that entrepreneurs go through when they build a successful business. Now Guy has summarised his main lessons learned into a new book How I Built This: The unexpected paths […]
How to transform performance with thinking
David Rock’s book Quiet Leadership: Six Steps to Transforming Performance at Work has been a very insightful read. The book builds on neuroscience and even though it was published in 2007, I am still blown away by how revolutionary many of the ideas still are today. In the book, David blasts many conventional ideas and beliefs […]
How to become a vision driven leader
The book The Vision Driven Leader by Michael Hyatt focuses on unravelling the role of vision in leadership and outlines the steps you need to become and succeed as a vision driven leader. Vision plays a key role in either channeling energy towards something great or its lack leading companies to irrelevance. Vision drives everything and […]
The secret questions you didn’t know you must ask
Negotiations are about trying to find outcomes that settle more than one person’s or party’s needs and goals. The most human thing is to shy away from conflict; fleeing from a difficult situation is much easier than staying to solve one. Yet, as Chris Voss reminds us, negotiations are an inherent part of life and […]
How to negotiate
I’ve always treaded negotiating as it seems to be either a very delicate dance or outright war in people trying to get what they want. So I was particularly intrigued what insights I could gather from the book Never split the difference: Negotiating as if your life depended on it by Chris Voss and Tahl […]
How to improve performance in real-time
This week I have further reflected upon the Measure what matters, in particular the question: how do we know that we are on the right track even when we have set our mission, objectives and key results? In order to reach our Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), these should be supported by what John Doerr […]
How to measure what matters
In Measure What Matters: OKRs – The Simple Idea That Drives 10x Growth, John Doerr explains why measuring what matters helps you to plan, track and achieve success. It makes intuitive sense anyway: if you are not measuring your progress, how would you know that you are really hitting your goals? In a sea of […]
How to develop leadership mindshare
One of the key organisational capacities that makes a difference is how we embed leadership “mindshare” in the organisation. This relates to also how we embed visionary thinking and enable broader mindsets across the whole organisation, including how we invest in individuals. According to Johnson and Suskewicz in Lead from the Future, “Visionary organisations create […]