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Leadership Fundamentals
#180: Embrace Your Inner Weirdo
“…exclusion levies emotional, financial, social, and other costs that affect not just those who are excluded, but those who exclude and work to keep that exclusion in place. The more…
#178: Building Fearless Organizations
Good morning Last week’s letter focused on a key moment of leadership displayed by Springbok rugby captain, Siya Kolisi. Enrique López Ponce, Nordex Group’s Vice President of the International Business Development…
#177: Leadership lessons (from Siya Kolisi)
Dear Friends First off, please take a moment to congratulate Cape Town author, CA Davids, whose intelligent, life-complicating, and therefore enriching and expanding book, How To Be a Revolutionary, this…
#176: Leadership Lessons (from Beatrice Tollman)
Good morning friends If you’ve had the kind of week I had, then you’ll appreciate this baffled tiger and this curious baby elephant. In fact, even if you’ve had the best week of…
#171: Love+Work
Dear friends This week the 2023 Booker Prize longlist was announced. It is wonderful to see the inclusion of Nigerian author Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀’s A Spell of Good Things. If you missed it,…
#169: Read, write, listen
Hello friends I hope that you’re well today. A year ago, we took the decision to sell our house and look for a new place to live. Part one of…
#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,…
#147: Make Your Time Count
“Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.” ― Jean de La Bruyère Good morning friends I hope that you’re well today.…
#142: 2022 in Review
Dear friends Today is our last letter for the year. Our next letter will be on 15 January 2023. Thank you for all the messages about last week’s letter on…
#141: The Power of Reflection
Well, we’re into the final weeks of the year. Cicero’s reflection that “It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force…
#139: Book Pairings and Zen
Summer has been creeping down from the equator and it feels like it has eventually reached Cape Town. The nights are still cool, but the days are sunny, albeit only…
#135: You’ve Got A New Job. What’s Your Plan? (Part 1)
Good morning dear friends Summer has been making its way into the Cape. We have gone in search of views and vines, well actually wine but views and vines had…