No one could have predicted the COVID-19, so we thought, apart from Bill Gates in his 2015 TED talk and many others including health officials and experts, politicians, authors and movie directors and apparently a psychic. However, most of us really didn’t see this coming, until after the first case of pneumonia of unknown cause…
Tag: Leadership
I’m the Boss! Why Should I Care If You Like Me? – Bloomberg
Many people assume that it’s possible for a person to be an effective leader without being likable. That is technically true, but you may not like the odds. In a study of 51,836 leaders, we found just 27 who were rated at the bottom quartile in terms of likability but in the top quartile in…
7 Tips on Leading Your Former Peers
It has been said that up to 90% of mid-level executives have been promoted in the past to lead their peers. Many new leaders struggle with getting comfortable in the new role which requires them to lead their former peers. Here are some lessons i’ve learnt from my own journey in leading my former peers….
10 Powerful Coaching Questions
I’ve found that the right questions asked at the right time brings about breakthrough that no answers could bring. Questions introduce new perspectives, shifts paradigms, explores the unknown and somehow empowers the individual. Here are some of my favorite ones: 1. What is the reality here? 2. What is the one regret you do not…
If You Don’t Have A Person You Cannot Stand in Your Team, Your Team May Not Stand For Long
Time and time again, research has proven that the more heterogeneous a top management team is, the more effective it would be in providing strategic leadership. The heterogeneity in top management teams promotes debate, which often leads to better strategic decisions. In turn, better strategic decisions produce higher firm performance. For example, heterogeneous top management teams…
The Test of Sun Tzu’s Art of War On Concubines
The following is a short biography of Sun Tzu written by Sima Qian, one of the famous historians of China. While it’s authenticity has been debated, it serves as a great story on leadership. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Sun Tzu Wu was a native of the Ch`i State. His ART OF WAR brought him to the notice of He Lu,…
Sun Tzu’s Five Characteristics of Leaders
Many have written about Sun Tzu’s Art of War for business strategies and some even go beyond to apply these strategies to parenting, education and others. The Art of War was originally written more than two thousand five hundred years ago for the purpose of winning wars. While i am not sure if the concepts…
A Leader’s Greatest Things by John Maxwell Company
1. The Leader’s Greatest Victory — Victory over Self. We commonly think of a leader’s greatest victory as being over others, as defeating an opposing team or a rival business. However, as Plato wrote, “the first and best victory is to conquer self.” Every leader faces a struggle against self-interestedness. Yet whereas followers tend to…
Is Everyone a Leader? | Tim Elmore
People struggle with this question and some even outrightly reject the possibility that everyone can be a leader. Tim Elmore answered this well in this blog. I have included some excerpts but i encourage you to read the full article. The answer of course is yes and no. (How’s that for a politically correct answer?)…
L.E.A.D. – The Recipe of Successful Leadership
“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” —Jack Welch One of the most important truths that many new leaders fail to understand is that now their success depends on the success of their followers. One may be a…
Leadership and Punctuality: Must Leaders Always Be Late?
I can’t remember the last CEO, Managing Director or General Manager i met that was actually punctual to our meeting. Senior managers are sometimes on time, but usually only when their boss is attending the meeting. Must leaders always be late? Their lateness stretch from 15 minutes to sometimes an hour. I’m intrigue by many…
Leadership Parable: Benny – The Man on the Bus
This is one of my favorite parables in Leadership. If leadership is influence, then surely we can all be leaders in different aspects. Enjoy. Benny: The Man on the Bus A teacher assigned her 12th-graders to pick a leader and write an essay. Most kids wrote about famous people, but a student named Julius titled…
Everyone A Leader 