Five Leadership Anchors to Help You Scale the Heights – Not Hold You Down

At LCP Global, we talk about The 5 Leadership AnchorsTM. They’re central to our mission, and we use them often in our work with senior organizational leaders. Recently, I was asked why we call them anchors. From this person’s point of view, an anchor stops a ship in its tracks, holds it down, and keeps it in one place.

What is leadership capacity and how do I get more of it?

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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.

Managing your expectations in the face of the workplace revolution

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In this era of profound change in the world of work and the extended life expectancy of people, it’s not just a shift but a revolution. Improvements in healthcare and lifestyle are enabling people to live longer lives, and it’s not limited to so-called ‘Western’ or ‘developed’ nations; this is a global phenomenon.

Adapt and Innovate: Why companies need to embrace failure to flourish.

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The COVID-19 pandemic taught us a lot, not least how quickly a three- or five-year strategy can become redundant. We witnessed the unfortunate demise of thousands of businesses as long-term plans came to naught. However, a good number demonstrated tremendous resiliency principally by changing what they identified as their core indicators of success.

Closing the gap between strategy and execution

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Worldwide, only 10% of businesses effectively implement their corporate strategies, which leaves a staggering 90% that never make it past the planning stage. Why? What’s going wrong? What’s causing the gap between strategy and execution?

Are you in the right mood for decision making?

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For Christmas 2019, I was given a set of Sony WH-1000XM3 noise-cancelling headphones by my son, Ryan. He knew I loved listening to music, and that these would be great to take with me on an airplane when travelling for business. They truly are remarkable. I turn them on, and all I hear is music. I may as well be in an entirely different world.