Many leaders I work with cycle through feeling frustrated, to crippled with self doubt, through to feeling elated. Our emotions are in constant flux. So are our teams, projects, and organisations. One leadership approach does not suit all times, the best and worst of them.
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Leadership principles for surviving complexity
Our brains are complex things, but not great at handling complexity. We need a few key leadership principles to help us make sense of the fast paced hot mess that is our current leadership context.
Read MoreA leadership principle I keep re-learning
Do you keep being given leadership lessons to learn? Do the same ones keep coming back? That’s definitely the case for me. This is obviously a leadership principle I need to keep learning.
Read MoreLeadership qualities for the long haul
What leadership qualities do you need to sustain performance over a long career? Leadership is a tough gig; we need to ensure we’ve got all the tools we need to go the distance.
Read MoreUse history to help, not hinder, your leadership
“Yup that’s me. I get it from my parents.” My client sighed in resignation, defeated.
She told me about her tendency to be self-critical, and how it stemmed from the lack of support and encouragement from her parents. Nothing was ever good enough. Any success was dismissed with ‘you could have done better’.
My client felt she had worked hard her whole life to outrun the shadow of not being good enough. And now, exhausted and at the end of her tether, she wanted something to change.
How do we escape our history?
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