Last year I conducted a short market research with friends and former colleagues to refine my executive coaching offerings and the results confirmed what I suspected. In some organisations the more senior you are the fewer opportunities for leadership development you will receive. Often, the assumption is that senior leaders don’t need help or further development after all they have…
An Essential Trait for Successful Tech Leaders Being gritty, along with adopting sound self-care strategies, is now more than ever a must-have requirement for successful tech leaders. In a post-pandemic world where the VUCA reality (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) has been taken to a whole new level, GRIT has become an indispensable leadership trait. Tech teams are in the…
Mindful Leadership encompasses concepts from more mature leadership models such as situational leadership, servant leadership, and authentic leadership. Although Mindful Leadership is a relatively new model, in relation to predecessors, its roots are grounded on ancient and time-tested leadership Asian and Greek philosophies. Below is a compilation of the 20 Traits of Mindful Leaders: Acceptance – They are able to accept…
Last week I caught up with a former colleague who is now a Managing Director in one of the Big 5 management consulting firms. They shared with me that their #1 challenge these days is, in their own words, “the daily battle for talent”. “There is a lot of movement, with people moving elsewhere, every day, both onshore and offshore,”…
Last week, a coaching client and senior executive wanted to discuss the difficulties they were facing with a peer. Understanding VS Being Understood We started unpacking the situation by reflecting on the need to understand and adapt to other peoples working and leadership styles to find common ground and achieve consensus. We talked about the need to understand before being…
Good to Great by Jim Collins is unarguably a classic, one of the best-selling business books of all time, and has sold over 4 million copies worldwide. The insights shared by Jim Collins are a result of the research conducted by his team over 5 years with 11 publicly traded companies, including Kimberley-Clark, Wells Fargo and Gillette, while also examining…
When I came across the concept of thinking traps nearly 10 years ago, I was shocked! It was tragicomic to read some of the definitions, as I could totally see myself in them. Being a reformed perfectionist, statements like “Unless it is a hundred per cent, its a disaster.” were familiar to me. Fast forward a decade and I still…
Millennials dont respond well to the old command and control leadership paradigm. Additionally, the principles of Servant Leadership complement the Agile Ways of Working really well; therefore I believe the Servant Leadership model is here to stay. The background Servant Leadership is a philosophy. It is a way of looking at Leadership that has been embraced by companies across the…
Last month I wrote an article about Fixed and Growth Mindset. In this piece I would like to share my thoughts about the book Mindset, by Dr. Carol Dweck. I believe this book is a must-read for anyone who is truly committed to personal growth or becoming a better leader. Not only because it is an undeniable best-seller (over a million…
Psychological Capital, also known as PsyCap, was a term coined by Fred Luthans and Carolyn Youssef. The research behind Psychological Capital theory suggests that individuals aligned with the HERO model described below, are better equipped with psychological resources to contribute to their team’s and organisations performance and innovation. Before elaborating on the Psychological Capital framework and the HERO model, lets…
