Grit by Angela Duckworth
Angela Duckworth’s Grit redefines success—highlighting passion, resilience, and purpose as key drivers of achievement and leadership impact.
Mindset by Carol Dweck
Mindset: Changing the Way You Think to Fulfil Your Potential by Dr. Carol S. Dweck explores how our beliefs about our abilities profoundly influence our lives. Dweck introduces two primary mindsets: the fixed mindset and the growth mindset.
Leadership Unmasked: Navigating the Gap Between Expectation and Experience
We have a problem!
We’re losing top leadership talent at an alarming rate. Gifted individuals are throwing in the towel and walking away. This global phenomenon is robbing organizations of visionaries and solution architects.
Leadership Beyond the Vacuum: Creating Healthy Relationships
Business is no different because we don’t lead in a vacuum. Fostering successful relationships is the key to building relationships that help to effectively manage up and down, build organizational trust, increase staff engagement, and empower collaboration. We are also seeing a stronger link between the quality of a leader’s relationships outside of work and how this impacts key relationships at work.
What is leadership capacity and how do I get more of it?
What’s your leadership capacity like right now? Are you operating from a position of healthy margins, or is your tank running low? Many are talking about capacity in business, but what is leadership capacity, and how can you get more of it?
You’ve probably already learned the hard way, that adding more to your schedule and working longer hours is far from sustainable.
Make Failure Your Friend
Failure is inevitable. If you’re breathing, you will fail at things. It’s part of the human experience, yet most of us will do almost anything to avoid it. Why? What’s the problem with failing? The issue for most of us is that we fear it. We fear failure because we have a core belief that it’s not that we’ve failed at something but that we are failures.
The Power of Reflection: How it Can Supercharge Your Leadership
Did you know that reflection has the power to supercharge your leadership?
We live and lead in a culture that often devalues reflection. We’ve been taught to applaud those who “shoot from the hip”, making snap judgments and decisions without fear or favour. And sometimes this is necessary.
Why being ‘lonely at the top’ isn’t good for you, or for business
Leaders are no more exempt from loneliness and isolation than the rest of the population. In fact, they can be more susceptible to these feelings. As their responsibilities grow, the quality of their social and intimate connections declines.
Our careers and lives are a culmination of many small decisions that, over time, create our life’s trajectory.
Why Resilience Matters for Leaders
Resilience matters for leaders. It’s not just some abstract concept. It’s about our capacity to cope with and grow from life’s toughest challenges. Think of it as a set of skills that help us navigate what may be incredibly traumatic and life-changing events.
Mind the Gap Between What You Believe and How You Lead
I have a couple of questions for you. Can you, as a leader, articulate your core beliefs and values? And do you lead others in a way that aligns with them – your value code?
If you lead people in any capacity, it’s important (and incredibly helpful) you know your value code and let it inform and guide your decisions and the tone you set in leadership.