Can someone help me please? I'm stuck!
At a recent workshop on strategy execution, one of the executives said she felt ‘stuck’ as she thought about how to translate their strategy into outcomes. That’s unsurprising. Research consistently shows organisations massively under-perform on strategy execution.
The profound responsibility of leadership
The most creative conversations of our professional lives engage both our emotional and analytic selves. These conversations are the source of inspiration and sense-making that leave you buzzing hours later; that wake you in the middle of the night; that create new insights through connecting previously disconnected ideas.
Excellence... Lessons from Sting
Like Sting? Watch the full Sting: Kennedy Center Honors 2014 video clip. Just want to learn what it takes to really achieve excellence in your chosen field? Watch the first few minutes of the video clip.
World Business Forum Excels
The inaugural World Business Forum in Sydney 2 weeks ago was beyond any conference I have attended over more than 25 years as a consultant and advisor working with executive teams across the domains of strategy, leadership and change.
Making room for passion in business
A decade ago I was describing the celebration of safety achievements at an African mine to a Board member. His response surprised me. He was an MD with one of Australia’s leading companies and was a Director I respected greatly, but his view was that ‘there’s no room for passion in business.’