How to Solve Silent Problems
Don’t avoid conflict, solve it instead “It’s unbelievable how much you don’t know about the game you’ve been playing all your life.” — Mickey Mantle The most important role of a leader is to face reality. Understanding what lies ahead is critical to making the right decisions —…
From FEAR to DARE: How to Improve Your Change Fitness
Resistance is a mental state, not an attribute. People are not born more open (or not) to change. That’s a wrong assumption most of us make — we think other resist change on purpose. Mental states are fluid. We can all train our minds to…
Resistance to Change Is A Signal
Are you paying attention? Resistance has a bad reputation. We see resistance as something negative — we blame people for getting in the way. As a former CEO, I’ve been there many times. We are so focused on driving change, that we have little patience for those…
The Metaskills You need to Thrive in the 21st Century
Skills to Thrive in Today’s World How can we develop transformational leadership? What are the skills our team needs to learn? I’ve been asked this question a lot recently. The 21st century is both challenging and uncertain — business leaders know they need to upgrade their…
Resilience: How to Rescue Yourself from Adversity
Build a first responder mindset Rescuing yourself from distress — Pic by Neil ThomasResilience is less about who you are and more about how you think. Why do some people break while other thrive in adversity? All eyes were on Thailand as millions followed the Cave Rescue…