Leave things better than you found themDebbie Taylor Moore ‘s mother was her most important role model. ‘Leave things better than you found them’, she would tell Debbie, whether…Nov 26Nov 26
Acknowledgement and appreciation; a powerful leadership practiceImagine my delight when I received the wonderful card below in the mail from Kalyan Voruganti about ‘The Gentle Art of Leadership,’ the new…Nov 14Nov 14
🎉 Exciting News! The Gentle Art of Leadership is available for pre-orders!I have just returned from three weeks’ vacation in the US and I am excited to let you know that ‘The Gentle Art of Leadership,’ co-authored…Nov 7Nov 7
Published inDisruptive Leaders JournalWhy priming the environment leads to better leadershipWhen I was growing up, my mother could not go to bed at night unless she had put everything away, wiped down the sink and kitchen benches…Oct 31Oct 31
Google’s Leadership Team Turnaround.In the early 2000s, Google was skyrocketing, and the company’s co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, along with CEO Eric Schmidt, faced…Sep 19Sep 19
Published inDisruptive Leaders JournalWhat you want to be remembered forI lost my good friend of many years, Mick McIlveen, after an all too brief battle with cancer a couple of weeks ago. His friends and family…Sep 51Sep 51
Published inDisruptive Leaders JournalWhy settling for mediocrity can make your team irrelevantPatrick’s leadership team thought they were doing ‘alright’ for a small organisation. But Patrick had bigger ambitions-to expand their…Aug 29Aug 29
Published inDisruptive Leaders JournalEric Schmidt on the value of team coachingBack in 2004, the Google board threw Eric Schmidt a curveball by asking him to step aside as Chairman while staying on as CEO. Eric wasn’t…Aug 81Aug 81
Published inDisruptive Leaders JournalWhy developing people skills is valuable for everyoneWhen Charles was promoted into a leadership role, he was not at all prepared for the ‘people’ challenges he faced. Every direction he…Aug 1Aug 1
Published inDisruptive Leaders JournalIt doesn’t have to be lonely at the topThere’s an old saying: ‘It’s lonely at the top.’ I hear it all too often. We might feel isolated because it’s hard to know who to trust. We…Jul 18Jul 18