Leadership

How to Reach Your Full Potential

March 31, 2022

Because he has received guidance in his leadership development from many coaches and mentors over the years, I am passionate about “paying it forward” as a coach to others. “As a youth, I felt a call to build bridges between people across our differences and to cultivate a culture of serving the common good,” says […]

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Unleash Your Power

March 31, 2022

Tell us about your books Unleash Your Power and The Intentional Leader and the topics it explores? For years, I travelled the world working with teams, in every industry at every level, which were struggling to overcome challenges. Whether it was low morale, high turnover, silos, destructive culture norms, not producing targets, the themes were […]

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The Link Between Life and Business Coaching

March 31, 2022

Tell us a little bit about the correlation between life and business coaching for executives? The distinction between business coaching and life coaching is initially a mere description of which area of life prompted consulting a coach. But in the end, it is always about the same individual and his/her personality, abilities, patterns and characteristics […]

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How to Prepare for a Successful Exit

March 31, 2022

We caught up with Gordon to hear all about the importance of having an exit plan that will protect your assets. How vital having an exit strategy is? Here's an example - I work with a lot of Private Equity investors who look at 100 investments to then make one. However, they always come up […]

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The Connection Between Leadership and Psychological Well-Being

March 30, 2022

Despina Sfakinos is a Coaching Psychologist with a passion for helping people excel both personally and professionally. She has a PhD in Coaching Psychology and to date has coached over 1,000 people across a range of public and private sectors. She’s also created, developed and delivered introductory through to advanced coach training to a wide variety of audiences within the university and private sectors. Apart from practising in her home country Australia, Despina has also worked in Europe, London and Tokyo.

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How To Create A High-Performance Team

March 29, 2022

Ruth Kudzi, Founder of Optimus Coach Academy, explains how business leaders can create a high-performance team. What are high performing teams? These are characterised by a group of highly skilled and motivated people working towards a common goal. They are aligned with the larger vision and share the same values. They work effectively with clear […]

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Leadership In The Face Of Adversity

March 28, 2022

On February 24th, I faced one of the biggest leadership challenges of my career. While we had feared the inevitability of Putin dispatching Russian forces into Ukraine, it was impossible to fully anticipate the impact of this war and the resulting misdirected global attention. From challenges come lessons As the CEO of Stoli Group, an […]

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P&O Pushed To Rehire 800 Dismissed Workers

March 28, 2022

Shapps will warn P&O CEO Peter Hebblethwaite that new legislation will require all ferry companies operating from ports to pay their staff at least the minimum wage. Speaking to the Financial Times, an aide said that Shapps “will tell Hebblethwaite that if he doesn’t perform a U-turn, we will force him to do it anyway”. […]

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How To Take Your Business To The Next Level

March 25, 2022

Yet, according to the Conference Board’s C-Suite Outlook 2022, less than 40% of CEOs believe they are well prepared to meet challenges posed by a major crisis related to inflation, cybersecurity, supply chain disruptions or climate change. In this environment, how can CEOs rise to the challenges of the “next normal,” as well as take […]

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6 Practical Tips For Sharpening Your Crisis Planning

March 25, 2022

Organisations in both the public and private sector are never far from a crisis, whether that’s press exposure of inappropriate partying, to coping with pandemics, extreme weather and geopolitical upheavals. On Monday you might be dealing with staff shortages due to a rail strike, and by Friday a reputational crisis could have flared up out […]

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1 in 5 Employees Are Dyslexic: How To Create A Dyslexia-Friendly Workplace

March 25, 2022

Dyslexia influences as many as 1 in 5 people and is a genetic difference in an individual’s ability to learn and process information. As a result, dyslexic individuals have valuable strengths that they bring to the workplace – we are naturally curious and highly creative with an ability to unconventionally connect the dots and think […]

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Russia-Ukraine War: How CEOs Can Handle Global Crisis

March 22, 2022

Without much forewarning, leaders have had to make strategic decisions which on one hand affect their immediate P&L and on the other will affect the long term corporate strategic direction. Pulling out of a market or identifying new business partners to guarantee supply and delivery normally require careful consideration and long decision-making times. Following the […]

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