Strategic Insights

In a recent media feature I shared reasons and tips around the powerful role authentic leadership plays in businesses. Authenticity, perhaps once perceived somewhat risky, is a trait now respected and revered. There are some cautions to be mindful of stepping comfortably into this space. There’s times leaders are privy...

Should you decide you want to be a leader – whether you have been selected to or not – your apprenticeship as a great follower can provide the foundation for that step. However, the risk in this or any transition is that you have not learned how to lead yourself...

The traditional concept of frontline leadership conjures up images of a CEO rallying the troops and defending their competitive perimeter. However, the scale and pace of disruption that is now business as usual has transformed this concept to include anyone within an organisation that is managing a tactical response of...

There is something really odd about being a founder/CEO, which is that there is actually no definition for your role. A salesperson does sales, a social media role does everything around social media, but the founder? Not even the internet can give a real answer. I guess the reason is...

Increasingly, boards are recognizing that leadership accountability is a critical issue they need to be considering. Many of the directors I speak with realize that the organizations they serve have leadership accountability gaps. The gaps may be with the executive team or leaders at other levels of the organization. At...

We are currently going through one of the most uncertain times in recent history. The U.S. Economic Policy Uncertainty Index has been at its all-time high multiple times since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. In times of crisis, leaders who are more competent in these 5 skills can better...

Novelist James Lane Allen said, “Adversity does not build character, it reveals it.” In a crisis, who do leaders look out for first? Do they rush to the rails, first into the lifeboats? Or stay on deck, looking after the ship, its crew, and all passengers? Selfishness in leadership can...

“Soft leadership can be defined as the process of setting goals; influencing people through persuasion; building strong teams; negotiating them with a win-win attitude; respecting their failures; handholding them; motivating them constantly; aligning their energies and efforts; recognizing and appreciating their contribution in accomplishing organizational goals and objectives with an...

If you want to gain useful information about life, strategy, and business a good way is by reading leadership books. Becoming a leader means being influential, making decisions, and be followed by other people. If you are a business leader or you want to become one is worth paying attention...