Webinar Recording: How Leaders Network

Webinar Recording: How Leaders Network for IESE Business School Alumni Learning Program 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 … Read more

Reflect on the Past, Clarify the Future

The best leadership book is not one that you can buy.   It is your own life, if well documented. Do you take time to document your life?  Do you take time to look at your past year and get clear on where you are, and where you are going? Last year Covid-19 brought a lockdown … Read more

How to Lead Up

Life 101: Develop competence. Build the discipline to finish small projects. Solve interesting problems. Help good clients succeed. Do lots of small good things for other people. Share the credit. Take the blame. Share your journey. Associate with good people. Help others realise they are capable of more than they think. Give them confidence. Lift … Read more

Don’t wish for less Problems: The Grain of Sand creates the Pearl

If an oyster keeps all the sand out of his shell, he lives a life of comfort. At the end of his life, you find a dead oyster… in an empty shell. If a grain of sand enters the oyster’s shell, he loses his life of comfort. In order to protect himself from irritation, the … Read more

What are you “best in the room” at?

I heard David Meerman Scott share this question in a recent Elevate podcast episode with host Bob Glazer. He was asked by someone “Imagine you are in a room with 2,000 people. What could you confidently say you are the best in the room at?” Take a moment to reflect on this question. I imagined … Read more

The Career Advice you Probably didn’t Get

You’re doing everything right at work, taking all the right advice, but you’re just not moving up. Why? Susan Colantuono shares a simple, surprising piece of advice you might not have heard before quite so plainly. This talk, while aimed at an audience of women, has universal takeaways — for men and women, new graduates … Read more