People become leaders for different reasons, promotion, pay and many others. This article explores the idea that great leaders are those who see leadership as their purpose, a calling if you will. Can leadership really be someone’s purpose? We recognise when we see a child who has a sporting capability that ‘they’re a natural’. The child matures into the best football … Read More
Words of wisdom
One of the things I have recognised is that: effective leaders are always learning. So here’s some wisdom Written by columnist Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio. “To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most requested column I’ve ever written. My odometer rolled over to 90 in … Read More
5 keys to successful change?
Last week I was working with a client organisation going through a transformation. They know and understand the value of change management to the successful outcome of the transformation. So they asked “How do we get people to embrace change?’ Change is always difficult. Human beings by nature like status quo. To help people embrace change we have to understand what … Read More
My authentic self – static or evolving
I was having a conversation with my nephew’s friends on Facebook which started out with ‘why people are pretenders’. I joined in the dialogue about when we live into our authentic self we don’t feel the need for the false self, the pretense and it’s freeing. One guy made a great comment that we all evolve so being authentic is … Read More