Success and Leadership

Over the past 12 months, there has been a plethora of discussions about the future of work, and what it will look like post-pandemic. At the core of these discussions is the notion of productivity, where the premise for supporting a more flexible working arrangement hangs on the idea that...

For business owners just starting out and seasoned entrepreneurs alike, hiring is one of the most difficult—yet most important—things to get right. Getting the right talent in the right seats can help your business scale up significantly, and allow you to focus more time and energy on the bigger picture...

When people think of personal reputation management, they immediately think about celebrities or politicians. But everyone has a reputation, and it’s one of your most important assets. A positive reputation attracts great talent to your organisation and helps you negotiate and collaborate more easily. I work extensively with mid-level leaders...

How many times have you seen over the past two decades large incumbents being outpaced by longstanding rivals or plucky upstarts as their great projects land with a thud? How many times have you been part of a management team focusing on a big project only for it to fail...

A “real expert” serves as a force multiplier to your organization, allowing you to quickly identify and correct issues and move your organization towards greater success. Unfortunately, in today’s robust internet world, the shallowness of the marketplace subject matter experts and apparent influencers is astonishing. It is like a "kiddie...

Success in today’s knowledge-based economy can be more effective when executives can manifest themselves as change agents who reshape, and in some cases, manipulate corporate culture to better apply knowledge and create competitive advantage. Building on the three aspects of corporate culture (collaboration, trust and learning), companies can attempt to...

A series of anticipated (extra) period profits is the ultimate result of a strategic investment. It starts with generating cash and after deduction of value differences and taxes, net profit remains. Period profit, share capital (embedded value – what really is present), shareholder value (economic value – what might happen,...

Pre-pandemic, businesses across the world were engaged in discussions on future of work. The knowledge economy, Industry 4.0, evolving labour legislations all were the factors influencing the course of work and discourse on the subject. However, post-pandemic the corporate world is witnessing not only a paradigm shift in work but...

Your organisation likely relies on talented technical specialists to keep it functioning. Engineers, software developers, researchers, scientists, lawyers, economists - whatever field they’re in, technical specialists are often critical, but also expensive, hard to hire, and hard to retain. They also have an underserved reputation for being bad with soft...

In 2013, I visited the world-class Pringles mega-factory in North America. The 40-acre under-roof factory was then owned by Proctor & Gamble (P&G). It was an opportunity to understand the systems, processes and disciplines required to run the day-to-day operations and the year-on-year performance improvements. Even among the global P&G...