Leadership
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Embracing fear in organizational change is strategic and compassionate. Leaders who confront their fears set a tone of vulnerability and courage, turning fear into a catalyst for transformation. Recognize subconscious resistance and create an open environment for addressing concerns. By working with fear, teams become more resilient, adaptable, and successful.
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This project should have been taken outside and killed already. Yet limps on still. The firm bleeds time, money, talent. Costs are sunk. The politically-inclined are in a tough spot. To abandon admits failure. Reputations matter. So double down, then. Sink some more. Suffocate alternative ideas. Abandon ship Find courage. Recognise this bias. Sink the…
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“Let’s follow up.” What does this mean? Time-wise? In an hour? End of day? Later this week? Next month? What does a reasonable answer to that question tell you about your organisation? Velocity is everything. Note velocity, not speed. Activity does not equal progress. The Eisenhower Matrix is used to help distinguish between tasks that…
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The role of the CIO is to manage the technology foundations – hardware, software, compliance, security. Smooth operations rewarded. Breaches and downtime punished. But technology’s true purpose? Enabling human connections. The bonds between people, partners, and customers. An enterprise thrives through culture. Will it be curious or insular? Open or closed? Energising or stagnating? People…
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Team GB rowers asked themselves this throughout their Sydney Olympics preparation. I’m obsessed by its simplicity. The rowers distilled their goal to the only thing that matters – their boat being faster than all others.. Hundredths of seconds would separate gold-medal and non-medalists. The question enabled them to evaluate every action individually and collectively. Training…