by Guy | May 31, 2021 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Excellence, Growth, Leadership, Productivity
Saji Ijiyemi1 has a great way to capture the concept of urgent v important. Too often we’re wrapped up in being busy and so not accomplishing our goals. We get to the end of the day and feel we’ve not accomplished what we hoped to during the day, and yet we’ve been...
by Guy | May 26, 2021 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Excellence, Growth, Leadership, Motivation
Patrick Lencioni, the noted American business author, speaker and coach, in his book, “The Five Temptations of a CEO: a Leadership Fable”, covered five temptations and how they lead CEOs to fail. To these, I would add a sixth. In these difficult times, especially,...
by Guy | May 24, 2021 | Board & Governance, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Disruption, Excellence, Growth, Leadership, Productivity, Strategy
Hard to believe Andy Grove’s book, “Only the Paranoid Survive” was written 25 years ago, now – it still makes so much sense. Joining Intel in 1968 on the day of its incorporation (he was employee #3, right behind the co-founders) due to his experience and knowledge of...
by Guy | May 20, 2021 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Economy, Growth, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Motivation, Productivity, Recession, Working From Home
CEOs, like anyone else, have fears, and because of the importance of their role these fears can have a profound impact on the organisation and the people in it. This makes it vital they understand and acknowledge their fears so they can work on them. Imposter Syndrome...
by Guy | May 18, 2021 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Disruption, Excellence, Growth, Strategy
This great piece of advice was given by Steve Jobs to the then-new CEO of Nike, Mike Parker, in 2006. Nike was trying to fit its digital strategy into its huge product line and asked Jobs for input. The result was Nike+ – probably one of its most successful...
by Guy | May 10, 2021 | BusinessFitness, Excellence, Growth, Motivation, Productivity
Everyone suffers a lack of confidence at times – we look at a task, or a goal, and wonder if we really have the ability to achieve it. U.S. Supreme Court judge Sonia Sotomayer puts this into perspective nicely in her book, “My Beloved World.” When we are having...
