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Be Careful What You Tweet For
TweetShareOne of the most powerful benefits of social media is that – as a form of media – it brings us closer to our readers. It brings us closer to our customers. In fact, it seems to strip away...
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Customer Relationships from the Outside In
TweetShareI can remember when customer relationship management (CRM) was the shiniest new toy in the IT bag of tricks. I was working with Tom Siebel and some of the smartest executives in the industry...
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Be a Leader, Not a Boss
TweetShareI have always believed in the power of business culture – to not just set the direction of your company but to accelerate results, improve decision making and drive performance. If you can...
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You Can’t Lead by Consensus
TweetShareI was recently speaking with a friend about some professional challenges he was facing. To the outside world everything seemed fine – he was achieving his KPIs, his team were working well and...
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Take a Risk – the Leader’s Career Path Dilemma
TweetShareAs leaders we become used to making decisions. We study the facts, consult with our trusted advisors and stakeholders, weigh up the risks – and then make up our minds. We use this process...
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Be Happy Now!
TweetShareAs we enter the fourth quarter of yet another year, I’ve come to realize that I know many people who are currently going through a job change or, even more, a substantive career transition....
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Are You an Entrepreneurial Leader? Back Yourself and Unstealth Your Idea
TweetShareWhether you work in an enterprise, small business or a startup, today many of us consider ourselves entrepreneurs. In the back of our minds we have a wealth of ideas that would improve our...
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Pivot Your Leadership Aspirations
TweetShareFor every article that talks about breaking through the glass ceiling, there are hundreds of real world examples where it has failed to happen. For no matter how ambitious you may be, how...
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Five Leadership Tips to Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
TweetShareWe talk about success as if it was a one-time-only event. We celebrate the overnight success of the startup entrepreneur without seeing the years of patient effort, change, modification and...
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How Using Facebook Helps Leaders
TweetShareWhether we like it or not – and whether we are prepared or not – our businesses are becoming more networked and connected. Our colleagues and teams are no longer co-located but spread across...
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“Leader” is Not a Title, it’s a Journey
TweetShare I’ve held many positions during my career. I have performed many roles. I have achieved outcomes, fulfilled targets and delivered on key performance indicators. But never once have I had...
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From the Athena Doctrine to the Five Forces of Kibbutz Leadership
TweetShareIn 2011, when the wall of water hit the Kinoya seafood factory in Ishinomaki, Japan, 800,000 cans of seafood were swept away. In the months and years that followed, as Japan worked to recover...
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The New CIO – The Chief Impact Officer
TweetShareThere once was a time when the driving force for corporate innovation was comfortably at home with the office of the CIO. It was a time when technology was vast and confusing – and in the...
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Finalists Announced for the 2013 Stevie Awards for Women in Business
TweetShare Each year, the Stevie Awards are held to honor and recognize the achievements and positive contributions of business people and organizations around the world. Awards are made in a range of...
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The New CTO – Chief Transformation Officer
TweetShare When we think of technology, we mostly think of the most visible, in your face, technology – like computers or mobile phones. Or we might think of the changes that have occurred due to the...
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Five X-Factors that Mark Out a Leader
When we think about leadership, we are often conceptualizing it in terms of the very top level of leadership – the CEOs, directors and other senior executives. But in my experience, leadership can be...
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Learn to Love Office Politics
Love it or hate it – there is no way around it. Once you start working with a team you are going to experience “office politics”. And for leaders at any stage of their career, learning to deal with...
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Personal Leadership Starts with You
Whenever I meet with or talk to a successful leader, I am always reminded of the phrase “leadership starts with you.” And recently as I was browsing the All Things Workplace blog, I was reminded again....
View ArticleFrom 50% to 5% – the Shrinking Role of Women in the C-Suite
As the economy starts to emerge from this period of slow growth, leaders are looking for opportunities to make up ground. For some, this is about technology driving innovation – investing in new...
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Where Do You Start?
For some time I have been fascinated by the way that different people solve problems. Over the years I have worked with both creative thinkers and with directed, logical thinkers and found that each...
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