I came across this quote from Henry David Thoreau the other day and it resonated hard. We’ve all been busy fools on occasion so it’s important to regularly check in with yourself. Set a daily reminder and pause for a minute in your hectic live to ask, “Is this absolutely necessary?” Quite often, you’ll probably […]
Category: Leadership
The obstacle becomes the way…
“While it’s true that someone can impede our actions, they can’t impede our intentions and our attitudes, which have the power of being conditional and adaptable. For the mind adapts and converts any obstacle to its action into a means of achieving it. That which is an impediment to action is turned to advance action. […]
“The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.”
“The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.” -Linus Pauling, Nobel Prize in Chemistry Get a pen and paper and set your timer on your phone for 3 minutes. Write as many possible solutions to the biggest problem you’ve got in those 3 minutes. Don’t worry about what […]
Struggling to fill a role?
Why have 2 mid-level jobs go unfilled for months when you could combine the most important tasks from the 2 and hire 1 senior person? It would cost less to hire 1 senior person than 2 mid level and you could pass the less important tasks to a junior staff (elevating their role). If not […]
Character is fate…
“You should invite to your table because they are deserving, others because they may come to deserve it…” -Seneca Similar to the ‘ready now’ vs ‘future ready’ concept in recruiting leaders, if you are someone who is not quite there with the required experience or competency but you have the right the character: – the […]
Remember this : You’re not lazy!!
We all have days were we get to the end of the day and feel like we’ve showed up but we’ve nothing to show for it. We’ve been busy but achieved little! It’s happens, don’t beat yourself up too much Make today a good one! 💪 A quick reset: What happened yesterday that prevented you […]
Are we getting the ‘working day’ wrong?
One of the best ways of measuring your fitness levels is with VO₂ Max which is the maximum rate of oxygen you can consume whilst exercising. The higher it is indicates a higher level of cardio fitness and endurance. And whilst there are different types of exercise you can perform to improve your VO₂ max, […]
What you say ‘YES’ to today, you are saying ‘NO’ to something else…
REMEMBER! What you say ‘YES’ to today, you are saying ‘NO’ to something else… Time is a zero sum game. If one of your meetings overruns by 10 minutes – something or someone will have to be sacrified later on. If a collegue or employee comes to you with something ‘urgent’, whatever you’re doing will […]
Cloning Talent Kills Your Organization
Could it be that you are slowly killing your business by the way you recruit talent? Maybe you are missing out on acquiring top talent by not thinking outside the box? Maybe your recent hire is under-performing or even worse – quit within the first 6 months? It could be time to change the way […]
10 Commandments for Leadership failure
You are a great leader or so you think. Here are 10 things you may be currently doing that are guaranteed to be demotivating your staff and ruining your business! 1. Lack humility You probably have a nice office with the door shut most of the time because you are too busy! You usually take […]