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Leadership Fundamentals
308: What We Choose
Good morning friends It’s been a good week. It started with a message from a former colleague, “Love how you write”, then Tando Ntunja wrote this about me; author Mphuthumi…
307: The Life Cycle of a CEO
Good morning friends One of this letter’s joys is that frequently books are delivered with notes that read, “Love your newsletter; think you might enjoy this”. Claudius Hildebrand and Robert…
306: Time + Attention = The Life We Live
Dear Friends Two weeks ago, I wrote Return of Trust. The letter used Eric Ries’ provocation that we all want trust. Accordingly, he argues it should be at the centre of…
300: A Figure That Has Never Varied
Dear friends We are back. Thank you for allowing me my writing break. If you joined strategy, soul & self during August I apologise for my silence. I have paused…
299: The Nvidia Story: Stephen Witt’s The Thinking Machine
Dear friends You’ll remember, I hope, that this year’s newsletter schedule is a little different: it arrives weekly for three months, then doesn’t for a month. That is because I…
291: Executive Transitions: From Zhuangzi to Michael Watkins
Dear Friends Thank you for your generous messages after last week’s letter. If you enjoyed it, you might also appreciate The Power of the Powerless, Self-Doubt and Success or Being…
280: Are you poisoned by power?
Dear friends Our last two letters, Self-Doubt and Success, and Excellence and Leadership, went longer than usual, so this week’s letter is briefer. /strategy Last week’s letter gave us four…
274: John Kay. Billie Jean King. John Milton.
Good morning, dear friends Summer has eventually arrived on Africa’s southern tip (although can Cape Town’s wind take a breath? Pretty please). One of my favourite distilleries, Pienaar and Son,…
272: Zohran Mamdani. Tanitoluwa Adewumi. JM Coetzee.
Good morning dear friends If you liked last week’s quotation from Joanne Joseph’s Children of Sugarcane you might enjoy this one from Wole Soyinka. Today’s letter draws lessons from Zohran Mamdani’s victory,…
270: Will Guidara’s Unreasonable Hospitality (Part Two)
Good morning friend This week’s letter continues our exploration of Will Guidara’s Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect. If this is your first time…
258: Building Leadership Resilience
Dear Friends Last week we explored the work of leadership. This week we turn to building leadership resilience. Recently, a client of mine was asked to lead a future-focused Board committee. Excited,…
246: The State of the Global Workplace
Dear friends Thank you for last week’s birthday wishes. I appreciated them. It was a wonderful weekend with all my favourite things – kayaking, good wine (2017 shiraz from Mullineux…