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Leadership Examples
#158: Effective one-on-one meetings
“…leading teams becomes a lot more joyful when you know and care about people. It’s freeing.” The Trillion Dollar Coach Good morning friends In the course of my coaching work,…
#157: Leading in Crises
Good morning friends Thursday, 27 April, was South Africa’s Freedom Day. It commemorates South Africa’s first democratic election, held in 1994. Two weeks before that, on 10 April, we remembered…
#150: ‘be part of something great and unique’
“The future is a fantasy that shapes our present” – Stephen Grosz Good morning It was a busy February in Cape Town. There was the Investec Cape Town Art…
#144: Keep Hope Alive
“Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly.” ― Langston Hughes Chris Carson looks at his therapist, “I end each night…
#127: Evolving Your Life
Dear friends Thank you for your caring messages after last week’s letter. Your generous responses reminded me of this line from Jerry Colonna’s Reboot “When leaders, parents, lovers choose to share the…
Building Your Brand
I have had a wonderful week reviewing my reading list. As always, I asked some trusted people for their recommendations. Mervyn Sloman, the owner of Cape Town’s fantastic The Book Lounge,…
Operational Excellence
Two weeks ago, I told you that the letter had written itself. Today’s letter most certainly didn’t. I have struggled. There are successes and joy in the world. There is…
Imagination Can Change The Life Of A People
A powerful way to shape strategy, personal or organizational, is to ‘visit the future’. By doing so we enrich our understanding of what we can do to generate the future…
How we limit ourselves
Good morning In Coaching to the Human Soul Alan Sieler cites psychiatrist R.D. Laing’s observation, that “The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice.…
Some Leadership Lessons
Dear friends Thank you for the replies to last week’s letter, What World Do You Want? It is never an easy decision for me to turn my attention to the broader socio-political…
Build Your Life
Good morning everyone We’re in March. I had planned this week’s letter to focus on the tweaks we can make to our work-lives to alleviate stress and burnout. However, I…
Robert Iger’s 15 Years Leading Disney
At the end of last year my sunglasses were removed from my, often-forgotten-to-be-locked, car. The desire to avoid adding a summer squint to my Zoom stare led me to The Oculus.…