Whether you are running a meeting, leading a brainstorming session or building a strategy for a new partnership, product or a service, consider speaking last and here’s why. As the most senior individual in that room or on that call, your opinion and thoughts will influence others and at times event prevent better ideas from surfacing. Enable, empower and expect …
Confirmation bias
A decision was made in the past and that decision is now brought into question. Unfortunately, what most people will do is continue “feeding” their past decisions and choices by looking for ways to continue supporting their course of action. This is known as confirmation bias, especially in academic research. It takes a lot of courage, self-awareness and leadership to …
URGENT vs. IMPORTANT
There’s a clear distinction and difference between those things that are urgent and those things that are important yet we commonly treat them as one and the same. There’s a difference, be mindful of it and invest time, energy and resources into areas, goals and people that need that investment, dedication and attention. Focus on matters of great value to …
5 hiring mistakes
5 hiring mistakes (of many) that stand out to me: 1. Being reactive – posting a job description on our HR‘s website and saying we’re done they are going to come to us. No, they will not! Go out there and proactively recruit the best talent you can attract (legally). 2. Chasing perfection – if we admit this universal truth …
Digital transformation: leadership and culture
Digital transformation is primarily impacted and influenced by organizational leadership and culture.
Don’t use age as an excuse
Your age is not an excuse for you not to switch industries or for you not to try something entirely new, perhaps a business of your own. Your age is not an excuse or a reason for you not to be the first one to accomplish something in your age group or among the few early success stories. If anyone …
Leaders work for people
Dear leadership, work for your teams. Period. This means that it is very important to understand that everything ties up to leadership and it is the responsibility of leaders. If you have someone who is not performing well it is the responsibility of leadership to provide training and mentorship or perhaps an opportunity to work elsewhere. If someone is not …
Don’t despair and don’t doubt yourself
At times, things don’t work out because they’re not meant to work out. If you review your career thus far there have been many opportunities that you chose not to pursue or that someone else believed weren’t the right opportunity for you for whatever reason. In retrospect, they didn’t work out because something bigger and better and more suitable for …
Refuse to settle for average
Refuse to settle for average, for being average, for anything that places you right in the middle of the road. You are better than that, you are capable of achieving more and all of that while helping others along the way. This journey begins with confidence and believing in yourself, all else is to follow. Good luck and go for …
Money doesn’t change people
Money and power don’t change people, they expose them for what they have been all along.