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 […]
The art of reframing obstacles
With many of us waiting for life to return to somewhat normal, I finally got a new book “The Obstacle is the way: The Ancient Art of Turning Adversity to Advantage” by Ryan Holiday. It’s exactly what I need to be reading now; a practice-oriented book that digs into your perceptions, assumptions and ways of […]
Defining your purpose: easier than it sounds?
In the midst of chaos, the unfolding pandemic, poor decisions on warnings and emergency management, the world can seem like it is literally coming to an end as we know it. It is soooo easy to get swept up with screen time being 67% up from last week (ahemm….), checking on Twitter and news sites […]
How to use decision points in real time
This week globally we have had a new challenge with the Coronavirus and a lot of decisions have been made, are being made, and will be made regarding for example whether to organise conferences or other gatherings with overseas attendance. Most of us are erring on the side of precaution, while also thinking ahead both […]
How to get your team from “good-enough” to “awesome”
Keeping with David Marquet’s book Leadership is Language still, I’ve thought more and more about how we can create learning environments where we shift successfully between redwork (doing actual work e.g. analysis) and bluework (reflection and planning). He outlines several key questions and issues that are key in understanding how we can move from what […]
How to lead through language
The new book of the week is David Marquet’s Leadership is Language: The Hidden Power of What You Say and What You Don’t and I was extremely happy to find this book at the airport after just having listened to his podcast episode in Coaching for Leaders. There are so many insights in this book […]
How to create moments of lift
Melinda Gates book “The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World has been an eye-opening experience in how we can invest in ways that actually accelerate change. The lessons she offers are not just applicable to development projects but also question and challenge our biases and ways of being at the workplace, from […]
How to claim your IMAGE for leadership
Book of the week is The Leader Who Had No Title. I’ve heard about this book many times and now finally got my hands on it; it’s leadership wisdom but told as a story of a young man who has returned from war back to US and is living a life where he has settled […]
How to embrace a new way of being
This week I have been looked at some of the insights from neuroscience (science of the brain) in order to better understand the complexities and mechanisms involved how we think, feel and act. Dr Joe Dispenza’s book “Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One” discusses our […]