Selecting New Leaders 2
Selecting New Leaders 2 – Chairman, President, Governor, Legislators for a club, association, union, Country / State is a subject of great concern. Each time I teach on leadership qualities and competencies or I’m dedicating emerging leaders, I always ask the audience this question: ‘If you are to select by vote or otherwise a new […]
Selecting New Leaders 1
Selecting New Leaders 1 for Organizations, clubs, teams, and groups is vital to study. Each time I teach leadership qualities and competencies or I’m dedicating emerging leaders, I always ask the audience this question: ‘If you are to select a new set of leaders – Chairman/President, Executive Committees [EXCOs] for your organization for the next […]
Growth Mindset 3 – The Law Of Environment
Incidentally, Growth Mindset 3 – The Law Of Environment is not talking about the Ministry of Environment but the other environment and what it offers. I’ve spoken extensively on business, academic, spiritual, competitive, etc. environments, and even growth environments. Permit me to speak a little on growth environment. The law of environment states that growth […]
Be A Creative Thinker
This is true all the time: Life Begins in The Womb of Thinking, hence there is a need to be a Creative Thinker. Leaders THINK. They think and think. All failed or failing leaders don’t think at all or if they do, they don’t think CREATIVELY. Creative thinking brings in what was not into being, […]
Be Loose to Deliver as A Leader
Right now: Be Loose to Deliver as A Leader. Do you know all the training in the world will provide only limited success if you don’t turn yourself and your people loose to do the job/task they were trained on? The way to do that is to give them responsibility, authority, and accountability. Period. Leaders […]
As a Budding Entrepreneur, Act Now
As a Budding Entrepreneur, Act Now and Listen. Jean Buridan, the 16th-century French Philosopher, once told the story of how a bundle of hay and a bucket of water were put an equal distance before a hungry and thirsty donkey. Still, just because the animal could not decide which to choose first between the water […]
Prepare Yourself
Prepare yourself. One of the laws you must not joke with, in the journey of this life is the law of Preparation. My colleague, Paul Fou said in 2008 that you cannot score 10 over 10 in a performance you scored 3 over 10 in preparation. That triggered a lot of thoughts in me on […]
How Do You Train Your Mind to be a Power Thinker?
How Do You Train Your Mind to Be a Power Thinker? Somebody asked me to distinguish between power thinking and positive thinking. Wow, it’s just like distinguishing between power negotiations from principle negotiations. It’s like distinguishing between sports clubs from sports teams, it’s like distinguishing between civil rule from democracy, it’s like distinguishing between an […]
Leaders Make Commitment to Excel in a New Year 1
Leaders Make Commitment to Excel in a New Year Not A Resolution. Commitment is a promise to do or give something: the attitude of someone who works very hard to do or support something [Merriam-Webster Dictionary]. According to the same Dictionary, Resolution is the act of finding an answer or solution to a problem. The […]
Why Many Leaders End Cataclysmically Poor, 7: Purpose of Leadership
Reason 11: Not Understanding the Purpose of Leadership is a reason why many leaders end up cataclysmically poor. I believe most people aspiring for leadership positions hardly understand the purpose of leadership. Purpose does mean OR equal to goals or aims. The purpose is the original intent for a thing – the primary reason a thing […]
Integrity & Leadership, 05
Integrity & Leadership are almost inseparable. What can you say? A man knows that the recommendations he is making are selfish and for his purse only, yet he goes on to mortgage the destiny of millions. That’s an integrity problem, not knowledge. Every day we see it in the corporate world, governance, research, etc. Integrity […]
You Can’t Really Prosper with Terrorists After You, 2
You can succeed to some degree with enemies around but you can’t really prosper with terrorists after you, 2 or around you. Terrorists cannot allow you to move an inch prospering. Terror is an intense feeling of fear. It’s something that causes very strong feelings of fear; a source of persistent emotional distress; a scourge. […]