“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavours to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours…” Henry David Thoreau Some time ago I wrote two blog posts (here and here) explaining the concept of ‘intent’ – a concept which is [...]
‘Leadership’ has become a holy grail of the last decade or two. Scores of books, journal articles and research papers have been dedicated to the task of trying to understand what great leadership is and how it might be replicated. There are countless ‘shopping lists’ of outstanding leadership characteristics, with the implication that all one [...]
Last week, a young leader I am working with called me to discuss some changes she was thinking of making in her career. As part of our work together she has been introduced to the Enneagram to better understand what drives and motivates her as a leader and the impact she has on others. As a result, [...]
As we passed the tenth anniversary of Global Leadership Foundation last week, it was appropriate that Malcolm and I found ourselves working with a group of leaders on Tetepare in the Solomon Islands. Our work on Tetepare is at the heart of what we aspired to achieve when we established the Foundation on April 30, [...]