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Leadership

September, 2022

When leadership matters the most

On August 5, 2010, a mine cave-in trapped 33 miners 700 metres underground.   It would take 17 days for rescuers to establish communications with the trapped workers (with a note taped Read More

September, 2022

How to be a conscious leader and why

As a leader coach, I hear the words ‘old school’ leader and ‘new age leader’, regularly. I coach a mix of both types of leaders, and if I was to describe the difference between the two, i Read More

September, 2022

What can we learn from our leaders?

One of my takes on leadership is that we don’t spend enough time reflecting on the leaders that we have had in the past (or present) and learning from them. We have all had (or have) outstandin Read More

September, 2022

The 5 things leaders never want to hear from their teams

I have had some great leaders. One of my favourite leaders of all time is a personal called Pat (let’s use that name – it happens to be their real name ?). Pat was the human that shared with Read More

September, 2022

What I learnt in 500 leadership coaching sessions

In January 2020, just before the pandemic whipped up its frenzy, Facebook started sending me ads for a thing called Remarkable. The metaverse must have been listening to my conversations (or Read More

September, 2022

The care factor strategy for leaders

In 2020, John Mackey wrote the book ‘Conscious Leadership’. In that book (one of my faves), Mackey talked about how he used love, compassion, and human qualities to build the business ‘Whol Read More

September, 2022

Anton, I’m not a narcissist, am I?

I got asked that very question in a leadership coaching session recently.  By a leader who had been told that they are a narcissist.   Which isn’t that uncommon in 2022, as more Read More

August, 2022

What does the word LEADERS really mean

In a recent post, I unpacked the concept of leadership mandates, and what they are (values alignment, transformational leadership, and created conscious control). These are critical elements of l Read More

August, 2022

The story of the king and his dogs

Story time. My favourite time, by the way. Love a good yarn, especially when there is a leadership message in there.  Now, you have a job to do, though.  As I tell you this story, I wan Read More

August, 2022

How to use metacognition to be a better leader

In 2022, when I mention the word meta, you could be forgiven for thinking about Facebook, and Mark Zuckerberg. During the second half of 2021, CEO and major shareholder, Zuckerberg, announced the Read More