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April 15th, 2021

If you have two guys who think the same, fire one of them

I must have heard this for the first time from Tom Peters many years ago. He was, and he is, […]

April 14th, 2021

Have your Big White Board of Distractions in front of you. Keep your list very fresh. Then, execute the strategy.

If you want to execute a strategy, you want to keep cool and move inexorably forward, and if you think […]

April 13th, 2021

7 Rules to negotiate and lead (and control your destiny). Number 5 is the tricky one.

Control the conversation. Control the dialogue. Don’t accept a dialogue imposed on you. Common ground is OK, but only if […]

April 12th, 2021

My friends, the monks’, secret weapon: the asterisk. I want 2021 leadership with tons of them.

My best friends are monks of the type that don’t talk much. So we don’t talk much. I visit them […]

April 10th, 2021

If I were the CEO’s speechwriter for a day, this is the speech I would pass on

Daily Thought featured in: Camino – Leadership Notes on the Road Don’t look at us, at the leadership at the […]

April 8th, 2021

‘Management’ is political campaigning inside. Leadership is winning campaigns.

Warning: This statement will be dismissed. But, before you do that, I’d ask you to consider the differences between ‘organizational […]

April 6th, 2021

Leadership and the art of managing disappointments

A less spoken feature of great leadership is the art of managing the disappointments created by that same leadership. I […]

April 3rd, 2021

10 Rules of Self-Survival: The Border Diet

Try my Border Diet: A diet to protect yourself against persistent Full Disclosure that the digital world forces upon you. […]

April 2nd, 2021

Reflection is subversive. Uprise! Slow down!

Space to reflect? Where is that? Are you saying we are not reflective? Don’t we have intelligence? Are you suggesting […]

April 1st, 2021

The three ‘magic’ words: transparency, clarity and fairness

These three organizational ‘magic words’ manage to get mixed up a lot. It’s hard to believe because they are so […]

March 31st, 2021

‘Grasp the facts, misses the meaning’: The Leadership Dyslexia upon us

Did we ever, ever have more facts around us? Certainly not. We talk about Big Data. It is of course […]

March 30th, 2021

Introducing Three Unruly Friends

The monastic tradition in the Christian world has these 3 magic S that have been present since the Fathers of […]

March 29th, 2021

A 3-point leadership strategy for your transformation, small t, big T

In caricature, this is a 3-point strategy to develop further. It’s a simple mental and practical frame. Build an overwhelming, […]

March 26th, 2021

Leadership: The way of the Cat and the way of the Monkey

There are two ways to carry a baby – in ancient Hinduism tradition – the way of the cat and […]

March 25th, 2021

Backstage Leadership™ is key to collective leadership, a cornerstone of the modern organization

TODAY’s the day – join me, for my Book Launch Webinar at 17:30 (UK time). Register Now. I’ll be discussing […]

March 24th, 2021

‘Our best days are yet to come. Our proudest moments are yet to be. Our most glorious achievements are just ahead’

Don’t miss my book launch webinar TOMORROW. Book your seat! I’ll be discussing themes from my new book Camino – […]

March 23rd, 2021

My 20 Rules of Leadership

Delighted to announce…Camino – Leadership Notes on the Road launches TODAY! You can order your copy or register for my […]

March 22nd, 2021

If leadership in organizations followed some ‘activism rules’; not standard management logic. Here is one rule.

Join my live webinar THIS WEEK. Book your seat! I’ll be discussing leadership as a praxis…’no one is ever a leader, […]

March 20th, 2021

Employee loyalty is a plural. Leadership is the host of that plurality, always an irrational mix

6 days to go until my live webinar. Book your seat! I’ll be discussing leadership as a praxis…’no one is […]

March 19th, 2021

3 Inconvenient truths about leadership and change

ONLY ONE WEEK to go before my live webinar. Book your seat! I’ll be discussing leadership as a praxis…’no one […]