I’ve attended so many conferences I’ve lost count. So much that I’ve now come up with my conference attendance manifesto. I’ve accumulated enough notebooks for a library of tomes of my own. I admit with every conference I attend, there’s a subconscious me that thinks through the theme and actual content delivered. I contemplate the relevance of the conference …
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How Great Leaders Inspire Action
Ever wondered how leaders inspire people to action? How do people build a great following for their cause? Simon Sinek offered some challenging thoughts on a talk at TED. (sound is not the best in the first few minutes, but worth the watch) What do you think you could use from Simon’s talk?
The Importance of ‘The Remnant’
I work with a couple of different teams in different contexts. One of the teams of young people I work with a tenure of a year. We’ve just commenced training for this year’s team and I’ve got a lesson I think would be beneficial to leaders that lead with similar teams or on a project …
The Ghosts Of My Predecessors
I’ve served in numerous and diverse leadership roles. In some instances I took over from someone and was not the pioneer. I was thinking about the ghosts of my predecessors in those times. Yeah, their ghosts! My predecessors’ ghosts manifested in different ways. Let me give you a few: Not that way!: my predecessors’ ghosts …
Standards – Me, You, Them & God
Organizations, and people in general, determine how good a service or product is based on other products or services of similar nature. Your claim to superiority may just be an admission that you recognize your competitor (in whatever form) as a threat. It is normal to check reviews for products or delivery in other areas …