Our mindset creates our experience of life. With a poor mindset, my experience of life will suffer. With a better mindset, my experience of life will be of greater joy and resourcefulness. What is Mindset? Your mindset is your collection of beliefs that shape your thought habits. Thought habits affect how you think, what you… Continue reading How to Create an Abundance Mindset
My sister shared this poem with me many years ago as a powerful reflection on life. What is important about a person’s life? The numbers, the material possessions… or something more… A reflection for a Friday afternoon. The Dash By Linda Ellis I read of a man who stood to speakAt the funeral of a… Continue reading Poem: The Dash
Once upon a time… Once upon a time there was data… and it didn’t change the world. …and then there were stories… Karen Eber has spent her career helping leaders develop the culture of their organisations. She has learn that stories are the foundation blocks of building culture. Further Story Resources What is a… Continue reading How your Brain responds to Stories, and why they are crucial for Leaders
It is not enough to just do great work to build a fulfilling career. In this short video I share the 3 elements of the PIE model for Career success 😉 The PIE Model for Career Success Performance Impact Exposure
Here is the full recording of the How Leaders Network webinar from February 9th for the IESE Alumni community. We had 520 people connected to the zoom call, and some great questions. We didn’t get round to answering all of the questions, so I have taken some time to give full answers here in this… Continue reading Q&A from Webinar: How Leaders Network for IESE Business School Alumni Learning Program
If you are a leader, you need to work on developing 2 skills in the people around you: Influence and Decision Making. The Importance of Influence Skills Without the people around you learning how to influence others, they will always need your involvement to get anything done. Read more on Influence 18 Influence Methods to… Continue reading Leaders Must Develop 2 Skills in the People around Them
What makes a person into a leader? Charisma? No. Communication? No. Experience? No. They deserve a promotion because of past efforts? No. What ideas do you have? There is one characteristic without which you cannot be called a leader. Followers? Yes… but what do you need to have as a leader so that others actually… Continue reading What is the fundamental characteristic of a leader?
This is a guest post from Ronald Cain. Ronald taught English in Ethiopia, Zambia and Zimbabwe for ten years. Teaching has provided him with lifelong lessons about confidence. Over to Ronald… I was a shy child. I consider myself an introvert. I let this label define how I thought I should live my life. In… Continue reading 7 Strategies to Stop Self-Sabotage and Reach your Potential
Life is too short to figure everything out on your own. Humans spend the years from birth to 12 learning how to survive. Our parents have a vested interest in helping us develop the Stop there: we merely survive. We live in a highly complex society. There is intense competition for status in whatever hierarchy… Continue reading You Don’t have Time to Figure Everything Out on your Own
