Meetings are enough to make leaders despair for their sanity. To endure them we stay a little bit numb! Bad meetings are accepted as the way things are. Tackling meeting processes are understood to be a lower level management capacity, not deserving the attention of senior leaders. / 1) Patrick Lencioni in “Death by [...]
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3 ways leaders can make their next meeting uncomfortably good!
Posted in collaboration, Powerful questions, Resources for leaders on May 31, 2011 | 5 Comments »
The leadership questions that can change our lives (and the world!)
Posted in Mindfulness and spirituality, Powerful questions on February 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
/// // If we drill down deeply enough, we can find the questions occupying our everyday thoughts. These questions end up dictating the actions and decisions we make. Leaders today are in the process of evolving their personal questions. // // // How can I win? can be turned into ” What do I [...]
Life purpose is a myth!
Posted in Mindfulness and spirituality, Powerful questions, Purpose on February 13, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Leadership is guided by an overriding purpose and having a vision for what we want to create is vital. However, the quest to find a “true purpose” or a main “life purpose” can inhibit movement in the here and now. There would be few leaders who have a static definition of their purpose. Most leaders [...]
What is my purpose? Pathways to life purpose and leadership purpose
Posted in 1, Powerful questions, Purpose, Resources for leaders on February 7, 2010 | 2 Comments »
What is my purpose? – This question marks the beginning of a new passage in your life. The question can be triggered by frustration, a crisis or because you have achieved many of your goals, become senior in your chosen field and are now ready to think beyond pure ambition and achievement. What is certain [...]
Leadership and shining eyes
Posted in Inspiration and support, Powerful questions on January 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ben Zander continues to inspire us with the simple idea of “shining eyes”. Do those we work with around us have shining eyes, are they lit up with excitement and fun? Zander has reminded thousands of leaders and leadership experts that it is not all about us but all about those around us! An enduring [...]
Are you bored with your current leadership role?
Posted in Powerful questions, Purpose, Reflection on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you have reached the top of your field and achieved most of your goals you will be most likely moving towards another transition. The transition from ambition to meaning. This transition often begins with feeling bored, feeling stifled. Things are not turning you on the way they used to. You might be wondering what [...]
Excuses for not making change?
Posted in Powerful questions, Purpose, Resources for leaders, tagged Self mastery on November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our pathway to greater self leadership and leadership in the world can be slowed up by the excuses and rationalisations we tell ourselves. Some of the common ones I hear from leaders are: I don’t have enough time My organisation is focused on other things than I want to do I have to provide for [...]
The answer to “how?”… is “yes!”
Posted in Powerful questions, Practices for working with Complex challenges, Purpose on March 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the things I find myself doing, along with the leaders I work with, is speaking about the future using a category of questions, which are not always helpful. When I think about a new idea or some change I am excited about, it is easy to delve into the technical aspects of how [...]
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