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“Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.”
Oscar Wilde
Yesterday’s ‘command & control’ mentality is out. More than ever, success in business is about people. People working in our organizations today are deeply affected by the VUCA changes (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous). Modern leaders require an array of hard and soft skills. They need to be able to apply different methods and approaches to help their followers and organizations move into the future without fear.
People are longing for trustworthy leaders. Authentic leaders fill a void in an uncertain world. Authentic leaders lead from conviction; they are originals, not copies, and base their actions on their values.
Personal Mastery revolves around the idea that no matter what your leadership level or role, the critical factor to begin with is inside us. Before you can lead outwards, you need to look inwards. Leadership starts with you.
Coaching for leadership excellence supports managers and leaders to develop a sound level of personal mastery, create and lead out of a personal vision and relentlessly drive towards it every day, practice regular self-reflection and self-monitoring, understand their own and other’s feelings, behaviors and mindsets, be present, and accept only the best.
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Articles on Leadership Excellence
Positive Intelligence™: Overcoming Self-Sabotage and Building Powerful Habits for a (more) Positive Mind
“Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.” Voltaire (1694 – 1778) Leaders, We all self-sabotage from time to time, and it can be so automatic that we don't even realize it. However, when this rather destructive thinking continues, it causes us to flounder [...]
Emotional Intelligence: Everything you always wanted to know about EQ
Leaders, We all have different personalities, different wants and needs, and different ways of showing our emotions. Navigating through this all takes awareness, tact and cleverness – especially as we want to succeed in our lives. This is where emotional intelligence becomes important. We probably all know people who are [...]
Creating a culture of confidence
Leaders, What do you consider the biggest threat to your organization to be? Wrestling with declining revenues? Struggling with intense global competition? Or battling against disruptive new technologies? How about fear? Fear has been spreading throughout organizations – negatively impacting morale, productivity, and the bottom-line. Living in fear is destructive [...]
How comfortable are you in your discomfort zone?
Leaders, What would you do if there was no fear? Are you setting the stage for progress and confidence? Or are you playing it safe and waiting for the storm to pass? How present and ambitious are your goals? What is the risk of staying in your comfort zone? Are [...]
Trust: Gain Motivation and Lose Anxiety
Trust is fundamental to all relationships. Without it, the foundation of collaboration is quicksand. Here are some examples where trust plays a familiar role, and other illustrations where the challenge is murky. A surgeon I know has an explosive temper. It gets him into a lot of trouble – in [...]
A culture of trust needs transparency
Leaders, Everyone wants to be part of a workplace culture that puts a premium on delivering the real truth. Lies and secrets break trust, while honesty and transparency build trust. If trust somehow exists without transparency, this so-called trust is nothing more than an illusion because it is based on what is [...]