To go first
If you go first, many challenges will hinder your way. If you go first, probably you will fall over and fail first, but potentially you will arrive first. To lead is to go first, but importantly to look after people going with you.
Category: Insights
A great culture that is difficult to comprehend
The most fundamental phase of creating a great culture that is much more difficult to comprehend by most executives and managers is the very nature of recruitment. Highly cooperative companies have people no matter the problems, crises or difficulties that come in their way, come to each other aid when they are united by a […]
People decide
Management has changed, but the limited understanding of what has changed is blinding most managers to become good leaders. Most people including employees and customers can easily spot a good from a bad manager. It is incredibley easy and does not require an MBA to do that. Management is about control. Leadership is about change. […]
The real difference between management and leadership
A true story. LANDING their first job after graduation is something that most people can never forget, and is at the forefront of memories when we get older and progress in our careers. I started my first job at a training company in September 2006. The first four months were unforgettable. My excitement was up […]
What is the scale that separates leaders from non-leaders?
Most people confuse leadership with management, especially among the executives in organisations. The only real challenge to achieving great leadership is to understand it. Most managers and leaders are lost in mistaken business beliefs and practices inherited from the industrial and factory model of management. Kamil presents a solution in his book Separating Grain from […]
The tip of the iceberg is the problem
Most people perceive other people by looking at the tip of the iceberg. They do not put effort into understanding the volume of work and time spent building the berg. Someone told me the other day that my writing is simple and concise when I helped her to write an email. She does not know […]
Great and rare minds
Today, I had a very interesting conversation with a man in his seventies, he did not only talk wisdom and experience, but he channelled a positive energy that has incredibly struck me. The most missing element in our day and age is such great people who lift us up when we talk and meet them. […]
Redemption, a must-have leadership value
The only real challenge to achieving great leadership is to understand it. Elevating the discussion of leadership is to pinpoint the building blocks of leadership. In his pursuit to accomplish this mission, Dr. Joseph Bucci’ new book, Redemption Inc.: Why Offering Second Chances Makes Good Business Sense clearly elevates the discussion of leadership. Dr. Bucci […]
Cause and effect
If you understand the cause and effect of anything, you can easily the predict the outcome. This applies to nature, financial markets, businesses, financial and non- financial crises and any activity. There is a reaction to any action. There is always a correlation.
If you are going to fail.
If you are going to fail, fail quickly, but if you are going to succeed, do it steadily. I heard the first part of this statement from someone, but I have decided to complete the second part. Quick success often turns into a failure overnight, but a culmination of success is gained accumulatively. It is […]
