This is one of my favorite stories. Apparently there are slightly different variations out there, and i chose to use this from Courtney Carver. An American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin…
Category: Leadership
8 Characteristics of Leaders Required for Singapore SMEs
There seems to be a renewed interest in understanding HR practices in Singapore, especially in how good HR practices will help the SMEs. In my paper presented at the GSTF conference last year, i shared some results from a survey done amongst Singapore SMEs. HR managers were asked about the characteristics they require their leaders…
10 Leadership Nuggets from Abraham Lincoln | LinkedIn
Some leadership nuggets from Abraham Lincoln as compiled by Lucy P. Marcus on LinkedIn. What’s your favorite? Mine is #4. It teaches me about the attitude i ought to have with people i don’t like. Enjoy! ______________________________________________________________________ Abraham Lincoln brings us enduring wisdom in a nutshell. Abraham Lincoln is very much in the news these days, with…
Organizational Resilience and Adversity Quotient
Organizational resilience has been an increasingly important concept given the uncertainties and turbulence in the world. According to Bhamra et al. (2011), resilience is closely related with the capability and ability of an element to return to a stable state after a disruption and is related to both the individual and organizational responses to turbulence…
Vision: What’s Love Got to Do with It?
Where does vision come from? How does a leader develop a clear vision for the future? At the earliest stages, the word “vision” may be somewhat misleading, portraying vision as a picture that we can see. The birthplace of vision isn’t the mind’s eye, but the heart. In the beginning, visionaries are guided by passion…
Leading A Global Team: Building Alignment
LEADING A GLOBAL TEAM: BUILDING ALIGNMENT (http://www.aperianglobal.com/publications_newsletter.asp) How can a global team leader create shared goals when heading up a team that spans boundaries of geography, culture, and function? In spite of long, successful track records in high-level domestic leadership positions, even the most senior executives struggle to create shared vision within their global teams,…
True Leaders Are Also Managers
This is an article by Robert I. Sutton posted in Harvard Business Review blog. Totally agree with him on what he says on management vs. leadership. Ever met a “leader” who is only big on ideas but “don’t care how you get it done”? Join the club. __________________________________________________________________ Ever have occasion to do an in-depth…
Three Stages of Equipping Leaders
This following article is from John C. Maxwell. I personally won’t title it as Stages of Equipping as i don’t see them as necessarily linked in stages. Maybe three laws or principles of leadership… enjoy! ________________________________________________________________ Good leaders deliberately seek out and find potential leaders. Great leaders not only find them, but also equip them…
Be the One: Change
Change. Politicians promise it when they run for office, but seldom are the pledges made from campaign podiums matched by real, measurable results after an election. In fairness to our politicians, initiating change and carrying it through to completion is a monumental challenge. Attempts to bring about change encounter fierce opposition and entrenched resistance. Although…
The Four Practices of a Visionary Leader
Another great article by John C. Maxwell In February 1895, brothers Louis and Auguste Lumiere patented the cinematograph, an all-in-one film camera, projector, and printer. With the use of their invention, the two Frenchmen created the concept of a motion picture. Their public screening in March 1895 was history’s first. Later on that year the…
Define Your Personal Leadership Brand
You probably already have a personal leadership brand. But do you have the right one? The question is not trivial. A leadership brand conveys your identity and distinctiveness as a leader. It communicates the value you offer. If you have the wrong leadership brand for the position you have, or the position you want, then…
Communicating Vision
Nothing motivates an organization like a clear and compelling vision. But it can be tricky to paint a picture of what’s in your mind so that others can see exactly what you’re seeing. As a leader, how do you enable others to glimpse your vision and how do you inspire them to adopt it? 1)…
Everyone A Leader 