As we approach June 30 and the usual end-of-financial-year celebratory frolics, many executives will reflect on their performance using metr…
As we approach June 30 and the usual end-of-financial-year celebratory frolics, many executives will reflect on their performance using metr…
When you’re in a position of power, have a little whimsy in your head before you open your mouth to speak. The best Power Players do this …
Not every decision needs to come from a committee of people deciding. The best decisions are sometimes made solo. Collaboration gets a huge …
Fear can paralyse in ways we can barely imagine. It also corrupts the very best in us. It stops us from taking smart, calculated risks. It m…
If you don’t have it, you can grow it. This is what Power Players believe. When it all goes horribly wrong, most of us lose it. And this m…
Whatever happened as a result of Greg Smith’s open resignation letter to Goldman Sachs? I wrote a blog post about it: ‘143 years to grow a …
Businesses with happy workers perform better in the long run than businesses with unhappy workers, wellbeing researcher Nic Marks told the H…
Youth alone won’t provide the energy you need to cut it as a successful entrepreneur. But starting out young certainly builds the resi…
Power Players look for any opportunity to bring back the grand gesture: sheltering someone from the rain with their umbrella; taking off the…
Making effort look effortless is really hard work! Hardly anyone can work through their day looking cool, calm and collected. People sweat, …
Recognition has always been a key tool of leadership but has increased in importance over the past five years. The workplace has changed,…
It might sound strange, but it’s usually pretty helpful. Power Players find humour within drama for one simple reason: it’s sometimes th…
