CEO Insights

When it comes to building leaders, there is an inundating stampede of advice from out there encouraging aspiring professionals to act on their impulses. Every Silicon Valley entrepreneur, auto-biographing politician, and overnight success story inspires leaders to take a leap of faith, be brave, break rules, conquer whatever fear is...

To rehumanize leadership, we will have to overcome an industrial age worldview that taught us to define ourselves and our organizations as closed and fragmented black boxes. This approach did seem to work well as long as the world functioned as a linear and a closed system. So, the strategy...

In 1955 the psychologists Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham developed a model to help people better understand their relationship with themselves and others. They called it ‘’Johari’s Window’’.  In 2000, the author and philosopher Charles Handy developed a leadership and management tool based on Luft’s and Ingham model and called...

As an organizational leader, it’s your goal to create a positive and productive workplace. You can lead in this effort by example, using Mindfulness and meditation as a backdrop for how you approach your work life. These practices will help you discover who you are at your core level of...

I’ve read, seen and heard countless articles and ‘experts’ talk about why there is such a demand for effective leadership in the workplace today.  I should know, I’m one of them! And for the record, I agree with all of it. For every piece of literature that I read, however,...

Most high performers get to the top because they are relentless in their pursuit of their personal best. Right? You do not have to be a super fan to know the name Steph Curry. Many would argue that he is one of the greatest NBA players of all time. Throughout...

I am not convinced that every CEO sets out—with intention—to become a leader. I am convinced, however, that those with passion, a clear vision and the ability to inspire, inform and initiate action eventually and naturally reach a gratifying summit. Prior to founding the Internet of Things Consortium (IoTC), I...

Our workplaces are becoming increasingly dehumanized. This may be, in part, down to a deeply ingrained belief that pressure ignites performance. Many organizations are so focused on rewarding productivity and output that they have become obsessed with profit over people. We are so busy ‘doing’ that many of us have...

We live in a complex world. Technology is evolving on a daily basis, the news is constantly breaking and it can be difficult to stay in touch and up to date both professionally and personally. As a result, we tend to over complicate things in life - and in leadership....

Today's workforce prizes individuality or at least autonomy. How can a leader in a field with demands for technical precision and accountability lead when feedback itself can sometimes be interpreted as oppressive? Discussion about workplace “culture” left business schools in the 1980s and entered the world of business jargon, reaching...