1. Change yourself.
‘You must be the change you want to see in the world. ‘If you change yourself you will change your world. Continue reading
Leadership
Too Much Hierarchy , Too Little Community
Hierarchies are very good at aggregating effort, at coordinating the activities of many people with widely varying roles. But they are not good at mobilising effort, at inspiring people to go above and beyond. Continue reading
Sam Walton’s 10 Rules
Rule #1
Commit to your business. Believe in it more than anything else. If you love your work, you’ll be out there every day trying to do the best you can, and pretty soon everybody around will catch the passion from you – like a fever. Continue reading
“One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested”.
The human capabilities that contribute to competitive success can be arrayed in a hierarchy. Continue reading
Hope is not Passive and it is not Patient
To have faith means to dare, to think the unthinkable, yet to act within the limits of the realistically possible; Continue reading
Getting on the Balcony – Ronald A Heifetz
Leadership is both active and reflective. One has to alternate between participating and observing. Walt Whitman described it as being ‘both in and out of the game’. … Continue reading
Successful role for the CEO in a transformation
Our experience with scores of major transformation efforts, combined with research we have undertaken over the past decade, suggests that four key functions collectively define a successful role for the CEO in a transformation: Continue reading
Winning Today AND Upgrading the Organisation
The mistake that many people make is in thinking that winning the game today and building a team for tomorrow are two separate activities. Continue reading
The Surprising Truth about what motivates us
Willingness to be called an asshole
Creative destruction and rebuilding of an established institution require the willingness to be called an asshole. Continue reading
