For the past 20 years I have worked with leaders and organisations to help create positive change in both. In my work, I differentiate between horizontal development and vertical growth, and I focus primarily on vertical growth. Horizontal development means developing...
Great leaders know they must take accountability for their behaviour. However, many leaders can miss the fact that there are two sides of accountability. We use the term ‘200 per cent accountability’, which means the leader takes 100 per cent accountability for his or...
Have you ever worked in an organisation that boasts a great sounding set of values — ‘integrity’, ‘inclusion’, ‘teamwork’, ‘curiosity’, ‘transparency’, ‘respect’. . . — yet fails to make them meaningful through concrete action, leadership role modelling, rituals,...
The Challenge of Dealing with Strong Emotions Great leaders are honest with themselves and others, rather than denying their mistakes. They are interested, even excited, to see behaviours in themselves that are not working and they are courageous enough to admit it....
The beginning of the leadership journey is defining clearly who you are, what you stand for and what your deepest values are — in short, your leadership philosophy. However, simply defining your leadership values is not enough. You also must actually live those...
Why is personal change so difficult? Why do we so often get stuck in our habitual behaviours and engage in pain avoidance and quick-fix solutions, rather than pushing through discomfort to move towards our values and a more meaningful life? Research by neuroscientists...
