How to Create an Abundance Mindset

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 … Read more

Poem: The Dash

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 … Read more

How your Brain responds to Stories, and why they are crucial for Leaders

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 … Read more

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

Leaders Must Develop 2 Skills in the People around Them

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 … Read more

What is the fundamental characteristic of a leader?

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 … Read more

7 Strategies to Stop Self-Sabotage and Reach your Potential

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 … Read more

You Don’t have Time to Figure Everything Out on your Own

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 … Read more

Books read in 2020

A list of the books I have read during 2020. Currently Reading January 2021… Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity, Scott Galloway. non-fiction. Prof Galloway is a provocative thinker. He is not always right, but he takes strong positions and makes good arguments. Even when I disagree, his arguments help me clarify my beliefs and … Read more