Category: Leadership

Leadership

Am I A Leader? 

I was asked this question once – Are you a leader?  It doesn’t seem to be a question that warrants a lot of thought and insight. However, for some reason, I decided to give it a lot of thought and try to come up with reasons why I consider myself to be a leader.  Empathetic: As long as you are able to understand and empathize with people, you already have what it takes to become a leader. This is probably the most significant skill that is required for any one to succeed as a leader.  Once you stop being empathetic, […]

Ideas, Leadership

7 Lessons in Leadership, Diversity And a Culture of Learning from an Animated Short Film

I stumbled upon a short animated video which did such a great job of showcasing the kind of leadership and a learning culture that will be needed to succeed in a workplace – which operates in a volatile business environment, has a multi-generational workforce and wants to thrive by moving forward. Before we can continue, pls take the two or so minutes to watch the video below.   I hope you enjoyed the video, without having to think about and trying to learn something from the video. In this video: The younger one represents the younger employees in your organisation. The Older […]

Leadership, Podcast

PBTO43: How to Lead without Authority 

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In the future of work that we envisage, one of the key skill that would be needed for anyone to do well is their ability to influence people (upwards/side wards/downwards) with or without formal authority. This is an ability that anyone can build provided one is deliberate about building the skill. Here are four things that you need to work on in order to build up your ability to lead with or without formal authority. Building trust – Your Track Record One of the most important component of influence or lack thereof is the amount of trust that people have […]

Entrepreneurship, Leadership

10 Characteristics of Great Project Brief’s

One of the first things that we need to start a project is a project proposal or a brief. Most projects don’t achieve anything close to their potential because either their brief’s are too prescriptive or the people working on the project are not fully immersed in the project. I recently watched a video created by Bassett & Partners where they interviewed some stellar creatives from the advertising industry to understand what they thought about brief’s that they get as creative professional – what works and what doesn’t. I think that what is applicable to advertising agencies and brands is […]

Leadership, Marketing

The Rule of One

I reached home late yesterday. My son was waiting for me to come home so he can show off what he did the day and spend sometime with me, playing and simply chilling. I was tired and so distracted. While I was talking to him, I was also distracted and not fully with him. He was able to sense that and tell me to stop everything and be with him for sometime. My wife has caught me many times fiddling with my phone while talking to her. I understand that this is a cardinal mistake that I do when it […]