We know from extensive research that self-awareness is the most important of all leadership skills. It’s the skill that helps us interrupt our reactive habits that take us away from our values. It’s what gives us the ability to manage the physical and emotional...
The Trust Deficit in Leadership The basis of leadership credibility is trust. As Stephen M. R. Covey explain in his book The Speed of Trust, ‘Trust always affects two measurable outcomes: speed and cost. When trust goes down, speed goes down and cost goes up....
In their book The Leadership Challenge, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner explain that, ‘Leadership begins with a belief in yourself and continues only if other people believe in you.’ To believe in you, people have to know (1) who you are and what you stand for, and...
What causes stress in your life? We’ve asked this question of leaders and teams for over 20 years. The vast majority of responses fall into one of three categories: other people (such as my colleagues or my spouse), external circumstances (such as a lack of job...
Unconscious Programming and the Importance of Growth Values The process of personal and development is about overcoming our subconscious programming and conditioned responses and living from consciously chosen values that help us grow. Growth values, which pull us in...
