In the corporate world, stars are not born, they are made – self made. It takes years of […]
Personal Insight
Ever since ‘Mindfulness at Work’ emerged as a topic of conversation around five years ago there have been […]
The Myths and Magic of Mindfulness at Work
In a past article on authentic leadership, titled “Why leaders avoid taking accountability” Michael Bunting reminds us to […]
Embracing the Challenge of Authentic Leadership
With so many analytics articles focusing on the technology, it is easy to get caught up thinking that […]
How to Combine EQ with Analytics in Decision Making
Nearly every corporate dashboard I have seen in the past decade has a KPI for ‘Employee Satisfaction’. The […]
Why HR Models Screw Up Employee Satisfaction Measures
TS Eliot wrote in the poem “The Rock” “Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where […]
The Human Cost of a Dollar
On-the-job burnout is one of the biggest overlooked corporate problems of the past decade. Whilst any job can […]
Empathy A Barrier Against On-the-Job Burn Out
When we make a decision, various independent functions in the brain work [consciously and subconsciously] in conjunction with […]
How Post-Decision Dissonance Destroys Decision Confidence
In a recent HBR article, referring to his book ‘Playing to Win’, Roger Martin talks of issues clients are […]
Making Strategic Decisions with Lazy Brains
When you are already working long hours, getting out of bed in the morning can be a struggle […]
How 23 Mins a Day Can Change Your Life
According to a recent study article – “mindful people might be happier because they have a better idea […]
New Study Reveals How Mindfulness Matters
A recent article by HBR reviewed the finding that todays leaders are “increasingly self-centered, overconfident, and deluded. So […]
Are Leaders More Self-centered, Overconfident, and Deluded?
A recent Harvard Business school study reveals that a primary reason around two-thirds of analytics projects fail is […]
Why a Leaders Gut is Still Winning Over Data
Leaders everywhere have challenges. Some challenges are unique and temporary, but most are common and ongoing. These latter […]
5 Major Leadership Challenges Rarely Talked About
In my philosophies you will have come across me talking about ‘the three selfs’: The ought self – […]
Who Chose Your Path in Life?
During my career as a strategic performance consultant I often found myself in negotiations with my clients vendors […]
How the FBI Uses Emotions in Negotiations
Over the years there have been several ‘decision making frameworks’ that have appeared in leadership training, however, regardless […]
4 Things Every Executive Must Know Before Making an Important ...
We all create a connection to our personal insight in various ways. Some methods resonate with us, some […]