Four Reasons Humility Is the Key Ingredient to Exceptional Leadership
What comes to your mind when you picture a quintessential leader? A self-assertive and enterprising executive? An impudent and overly-perfectionist person? Well, many of the best leaders are nothing like the stereotypical image of a leader that we have in our mind. The most effective leaders operate from humility and use their skills, knowledge and […]
The Heart of Courageous Leadership: Three Risks Every Entrepreneur Should Take
Nearly every choice that you make in your life or in business involves some level of risk. Oftentimes, you are confronted with small risks that present limited potential downside. Other times, you face big risks that offer great rewards depending on whether you take them smartly or play it safe and limit any repercussions. Successful […]
How to Create a Distant Learning Culture in Your Workplace
In order to understand how to foster a distant learning culture in the workplace, it is imperative to first understand how culture overall is developed. Workplace culture is the glue that holds an organisation together; it is the deeply ingrained identity of a company. Employers wanting to build a culture of learning in current times […]
Why Great Leaders Strike a Balance between Analytical and Emotional Intelligence
The COVID-19 pandemic put world leaders to the test. Some dealt with the crisis head-on while others floundered or prevaricated. Some spared no efforts to contain the virus while others saw raging outbreaks on their watch. An example from the former category is New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, whose leadership style focused on empathy, compassion and decisiveness. […]
Closing the Leadership Gap: How to be a Better Leader
One of the most often-asked questions about leadership is: Are leaders born or made? Research suggests that leadership is about one-third born and two-thirds made. No matter which industry do you belong to – business, sports, politics or some other – the ability to effectively motivate and lead a group of people entails a very complex set […]
Building a Culture of Innovation at Work
Companies are constantly struggling to embed a culture of innovation in their business since it has become an essential ingredient for success. Think of some of the most recognisable brands for a second: Apple. Google. Netflix. What do all these companies have in common? Yes, all these companies are worth billions now, but before reaching […]
3 Great Ways Leaders Can Connect with Employees
Typically, most leaders tend to choose a combination of stoic and closed-off to maintain respect and avoid inappropriate situations. While it’s okay to maintain a healthy distance, completely avoiding a personal connection with your employees isn’t the right thing to do. Guess what, a Gallup poll found that companies with the most engaged workers are 17% more […]
How to Shake Pandemic Fatigue and Re-energize Your Team
All organisations rely on their teams to accomplish fundamental tasks and projects that help the company move one step closer to attaining goals and objectives. However, even the most productive team members can lose their energy or burn out, which can result in missed deadlines and substandard work. The way your team feels at work […]
Managing the Unmanageable: How to Deal with Difficult Employees
For the most part, your team is great. You have built a workplace culture where people like to collaborate and share ideas. But there are some employees who are plain difficult to manage. From the brilliant loner who repels collaborating with other team members to the Mr. Know-it-all who thinks he knows more than you, […]
Under Pressure: 5 Strategies for Leading through Crisis
While most of us are familiar with handling work pressure, not many of us who work under pressure have an impact on hundreds or thousands of others. However, if you’re a CEO, manager or a boss, what you do gets amplified, perused and maximized. When tackling the pressure of making quick business decisions, it is […]
