The Leadership Tool You Ignore At Your Peril There is a force so powerful that if you harness it you can achieve more as a leader in a few months than others can in a life-time. What is that power? Culture! Culture is the leadership tool you ignore at your peril. The Power of Culture […]

STOP Wasting Time and Money in Meetings Typical managers spend between 50% and 95% of their time in meetings. You know, from experience, how little of that time is productive. The question, if you are serious about achieving great results, is: how can you stop wasting time and money in meetings? Have you experienced this? […]

STOP Wasting Money on Appraisals. Appraisals: you’ve seen it, you’ve experienced it, you’ve lamented it: the yearly farce that is mockingly called “the annual appraisal.” If it wasn’t so sad, and so wasteful, it would be funny. The idea of assessing someone’s performance once a year is simply farcical. Would you assess the progress on […]

STOP Wasting Money On Leadership Development! There are multiple interwoven reasons for companies wasting their money on doomed leadership development programmes. Let’s explore just some of the factors that lead to such waste. Self-deceit Almost all companies say that they need better leaders for the future, while at the same time claiming that the leaders […]

Leadership is a choice What kind of crazy statement is that? Leadership is a choice. Really? Over the centuries we have been subjected to “thinking” that told us that leadership comes from being born to the right blood. That some people are made of the right stuff. That only those with the “right” education can […]

4 Common Mistakes to Avoid in Corporate Recovery 4 Common Mistakes to Avoid in Corporate Recovery – Not making avoidable common mistakes can save you a fortune in wasted effort and cash. Often ‘what not to do’ wisdom is as valuable as knowing what to do. All corporate recoveries are based on assumptions. Make the […]

What sex can teach us about corporate vision Time to get hot under the collar.   How focused are you when you are… (this is a family show, folks)… sexually motivated?   Perhaps like this: you know what you want, and are prepared to invest heavily in time and effort to get it. When obstacles […]

Create an Inspiring Corporate Vision What? Why? How can they possibly achieve that level of success when most, the overwhelming majority of leaders, either fail to produce ANY corporate vision, or one so poor that it has the opposite effect to that intended? What are those inspirational leaders doing right? What are they doing that […]