The 5 skills of great leaders
28 October 2014Great leaders challenge the process, inspire a shared vision, enable others to act, model the way, and encourage the heart, according to Kouzes & Posner.
Commitment and emotion
28 July 2014Article about inspiring leadership. It takes commitment to generate the agreed goals and use emotion to create an open and honest culture.
Connection and Context
28 October 2013Leadership is about creating the Connection and Context that enables change and delivers performance. Are you ready for the job? If not, what will you do?
Smart group or stupid mass?
28 May 2012Article on what we could achieve if we were to structure our organisations with the lessons we learn from swarm intelligence. Pure lesson’s from nature.
The art of real communication
24 April 2012We use language to communicate with each other and we assume that the other person understands what we mean. Sometimes it works fine, and sometimes…
Just listen will you!
30 March 2012‘Why doesn’t he just listen and act on what I tell him?’ Have you ever asked yourself that question? An article on 2 common mistakes in our communication.
Emotional infrastructure
18 January 2012Article on creating an emotional infrastructure (culture) where employees are involved with the products they produce and are keen on effective production.
Unqualified! So what?
2 August 2011Would you allow an unqualified surgeon without any medical training to operate on you? Probably not, unless… an amazing story about courage and focus.
Metaphors
16 March 2010Our brain works best with images (we are image thinkers) and using images accelerates the thinking process. Read the article to be inspired.
The DAS model of communication styles
29 September 2009An article about a model based on the premise that the means of communication can be divided into three styles: Dominant, Aloof and Social. What’s yours?
Fanning the flames
12 May 2009An example of someone living his life totally is Nick Vujicic, born without arms or legs, and yet happy and enjoying life to the max. An inspiring person!