Last week I read an article by The Boston Consulting Group called Business of Business is No Longer Just Business. In it they describe the heightened levels of uncertainty facing business leaders using examples of political, economic and technology upheavals. They went on to describe five things leaders should embrace to manage complexity: Build multilevel
Recently I was listening to an interview with retired Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke. He was asked how he felt when he scored his first century (100 runs) for Australia. He described incredibly strong emotions. The interviewer then commented how funny it was that a score of 98 had no comparison. Clarke agreed wholeheartedly. It
Steve, one of my clients, sent me this article from the Harvard Business Review Overcome Resistance to Change with Two Conversations. I liked the article for two reasons. One because it talks about conversations and I am nearly finished writing a new book called Winning Conversations: How to Engage (Even around Risk or Bad News)
Last Christmas I wrote about Reciprocity and the influencing effect that giving gifts can have. This year I have chosen Resilience. Another hot topic at this time of year because of the strong emotions that flow and because I heard this cracker of a story just this week. One of my mates, let’s call him Mick,
A couple of weeks back my blog called Valuing your Pressure Cooker was about how you need to consistently remind staff of your corporate values while you put them under pressure to perform. If you don’t, staff may start to find unethical ways to get the job done. Reminding people of values is therefore a preventive method.