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In a recent conversation with a very competent client she mentioned her time off and what a joy it was, only to follow it up with “It was a bit selfis ...

You have to collect the dots before you connect the dots. Miles Adcox said this on an IG Story I watched recently. He was talking about it in the cont ...

I entered my fiftieth lap round the sun last week. Even now it doesn’t seem quite real that, “that number” will come up in less than 365 days. It seem ...

It’s time to reframe your story of leadership from just the execution of the inbox to the development of a deeper, more substantial frame around who y ...

Leaders have an insatiable appetite to make something that ACTUALLY helps. That drive towards an ideal and a higher purpose is much of what creates th ...

True and lasting leadership transformation takes time. There, I said it. As I sat with two clients recently one who has made significant changes in th ...

In every area of your life and leadership, margin creates peace. Without fail, if you violate this principle, you will pay for it in some obvious way. ...

Practice does not make perfect. Practice makes permanent. I’m told a golfer has to hit a ball 20,000 times for it to become second nature. They hit on ...

I’m not good at incompetence. Not in me nor in anyone else. It’s useful in the sense that it leads me to have high standards for me and others, and al ...

When Hamish Blake held up the coveted “Golden Brick” in the hit new TV Lego Masters he described the power of the yellow brick as something that all t ...

The CEO of Costco was responding to a series of closed session questions from its senior leadership a few years ago and as Brene Brown recounts her co ...

Sacrifice in leadership isn’t just one thing. It’s the combination of things that can lead us to a place of laying down our lives for the benefit of others. It’s the combination of why who and when. It’s the intersection of those things, real time and in real life.

When you ignore your logo and forget your ego you are best placed to collaborate with humility, act with consistency and focus on the most important part of your mission.

Jim Rohn is one of my all-time favourite mentors. His “Challenge to Succeed” from the early nineties continues to be a game changer for my wife Megan ...

The purpose of leadership is to realise potential, activate others and shape a preferred future. Leaders create a better future for people. Period. We ...

Calling UP is a much better leadership practice than calling OUT. We’ve gotten too used to the idea of calling out without challenging the motive, the ...

Not all critics are created equal and leaders treat criticism (and critics) unequally. Straight off, I ignore any unsigned or anonymous criticism. I b ...

Hey Mancub, Ed Cole taught me that “You are male by birth and man by choice.” Such truth in that my sonshine. (That’s what I call my boy) When we foun ...

Hey Zaza, I’ve loved you since before you were born. I cried tears of joy the first time I heard your heartbeat 148 beats a minute when you were in ut ...

I don’t believe in luck. I believe in favour. The kind of favour that is the result of the hard work you do on your craft and your character, your pas ...

Everybody needs a tribe to belong to and a purpose to fulfil. A community to be part of and an assignment to be responsible for. Leadership is the dan ...

Getting it wrong is always part of getting it right.   “The essence of people is imperfection. Know that you're going to make mistakes. The perso ...