Tip # 1: Identify the Type of Leader You Are — Or Want to Be There are four general types of leadership personalities, each of which can have specific implications for your organisation: “Don’t Rock the Boat” leaders provide acceptable stable growth and deliver results according to agreed-upon plans and…

The essence of any successful business is all about knowing how to bet on the right people. Successful organisations depend on leaders who make the right bets on investments, businesses, markets, products, or technologies — and especially on people. The following three tips illustrate how leaders can improve their chances…

Investors should view the leadership of the companies in which they invest as Formula One drivers. In Formula One racing, all cars are state of the art. In addition to the unparalleled teamwork and cooperation illustrated by the racing crew, the difference in winning the race is, ultimately, the driver…

Start With Developing the Right Mindset — Tip # 1: Develop the Right Mindset What Is: The Now Mindset In today’s world, the most popular mindset is the Now mindset. People do not even think about the future when it arrives, but instead react to the future when it comes. This mindset is detrimental to anyone who depends on long-term planning and development. What…

In a job market where talent is freely available, many organisations misinterpret this situation by considering talent to be easily “replaceable.” But availability and replaceability are totally different things. When a glut of talented individuals are present in the economy, leadership proclaims, “Why bother spending money and resources on motivational…

Knowing what to look for, leaders should find it easier to detect real talent. Discovering talented individuals and engaging them in your mission is the most important decision you will make for your business to be successful. The signs of talent are there for anyone to see. All it takes…

An End-to-End View of Stellar Performance — Organisational success — whether financial or cultural or any other aspect — depends on the right combination of key factors. Often-cited tactical components include hiring and engaging the right talent, making transparent decisions, offering competitive total rewards, and many more common practices. Yet, when one considers the long-term viability of…

No one has an on-and-off switch embedded in the brain. At any given moment, we experience a constant flow of randomness that is shaped by momentary suddenness, happiness, pleasure, frustration, anger, deception, motivation, inspiration — and a motley of other emotions. Nonetheless, despite this inescapable truth, what we all need…

Many people observe others hitting a “lucky strike” without any explainable or understandable reason. For example, your neighbour wins a lottery, a colleague receives an undeserved promotion, or friends land amazing jobs that even surprise them. If such fortunate events happen to others around us, why shouldn’t they happen to…