This blog post is for you if you plan to become or already are a leader who intends to lead their team in a world where change is the only constant and engagement (employee/customer) is extremely difficult to build. One of the biggest challenges that the future is going to throw at all organisations is their ability to cope up with constant change and to deal with the chaos that follows. We have seen that most organisations that fail (Nokia, BlackBerry, Kodak, etc), fail due to the inability of their leaders to see what the future holds and change course. If […]
Tim Ferris in his podcast always asks each one of his guests this one question What spend of 100 USD or less has the most impact in your life? If I were asked this question, I have no doubt in my mind that the single 100 USD or less purchase that has had a profound impact on my life has been the investment of 90USD that I made to participate in a leadership workshop organised by THE SETH GODIN. The workshop started at 12:30 AM, yes half past mid-night and went till 3:30 AM in the morning. I was active […]
One of the key skills that organisations need to learn in a VUCA world is organisational agility. The only way that an organisation can build agility is when the flow of information is quick and as far as possible, unfiltered and bi-directional. It is not enough for leaders to share their visions, plans, strategies and the impact these are having on the business and their customers.. It is as much, if not more critical that they get first hand unfiltered feedback from the people who are at the frontline, employees who are interacting with the customers and partners and vendors.. […]
One of the biggest challenges that leaders face in creating a culture of high performance is their ability to create an environment where their teams are accountable for their results that they have committed to achieve. Creating a culture of accountability is exactly that — creating a culture. It is not easy and it starts with them. They are the custodians of the culture within their organisations. The culture is created one action at a time of the leader. So, if you want your teams to be accountable, you as a leader need to be accountable. So, what does being accountable […]