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As we come to the end of another year, it is a good leadership practice to set meaningful SMART goals for the year ahead. However, I find that many leaders forget one crucial step before embarking on this exercise. And that is, doing business with the past first. You see, to give yourself the best chances of success in your future goals, you have to start well. And to start well, you need to finish well.
I had the privilege of attending a talk this morning by Ana Loback, Managing Partner of Turning Point. She spoke about something that, in my experience, most leaders have grappled with at some point in their careers and that is, success and imposter syndrome. It’s such an important topic that I thought I must share it with you…
As leaders, we are constantly looking ahead at how far we still want to go and how much we still want to accomplish that we often forget to pause and reflect. It feels wrong to look in the rear-view mirror when we are accelerating forwards towards our goals. But reflection is one leadership practice that can actually accelerate our progress if we only make the time for it.
I am a firm believer that success always leaves clues, so instead of learning the hard way, it makes sense to learn from those who have gone before us. A few years ago I had the amazing privilege of attending a live interview with Sir Richard Branson. Having spent a...
Did you know that leadership is the number one skill that people say will increase their effectiveness in the workplace? Leadership matters. We can all look back over our lives and recall the many encounters we’ve had with leadership, both great and poor, whether that...
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