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Leaders – Do You Think Like a Scientist?
Wharton professor Adam Grant, in his new book, Think Again, has been looking at how we utilise various styles of thinking and which are best for different situations, concluding that one particularly powerful one is...
“Sunshine all the time makes a desert.” – Arab Proverb
There are, of course many versions of this proverb, but all have one thing in common – the underlying belief that we need a degree of adversity for success, which is why 90% of family fortunes in America are squandered...
Passion Alone Won’t Make Your Business Successful
Many popular sayings talk about how passion for your work means you will succeed, and it won’t feel like you’re working, but this is far too simplistic. Passion alone can never sustain you in business – you need to...
“Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear.” – Norman Vincent Peale
In this time of constant, swift change, exacerbated by uncertainty over government actions, there is a temptation to sit and wait for things to get better. After all, we don’t really know what impact the next diktat...
How Many of These 7 Leadership Questions Can You Say Yes To?
An interesting article in Inc. magazine was looking at leadership in the context of a 2019 study at the University of London which identified factors contributing to leadership performance and employee job satisfaction...
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essentially, what Emerson is saying is don’t just follow the crowd. After all, if our business offering is essentially the same as that of all our competitors, all that’s left to compete on is price, and price is never...
Looking Back to Look Ahead
I was reading an article on goal-setting recently which had me thinking about this in the context of running a business… How do you plan for the year ahead – is it a zero-based, or other, budget approach, the output of...
“Every champion was once a contender that didn’t give up.” – Gabby Douglas
Great words from this Olympic gymnastics champion. So often we’re inclined to look at successful people and wonder whether it was inheritance, luck or some other act of fortune that made them successful. And while...
Are You a Firefighter or a Fire Prevention Officer in Your Business?
It sometimes seems that the primary role of a CEO is fire-fighting – but this is wrong. CEOs should be Fire Prevention Officers. Fighting fires is all very well and often necessary, but it does mean much wasted time...
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