Tell us your story and what brought you to coaching? My professional, and in part personal, story up to five years ago was that “unless I am a CEO of a multimillion or even billion $ company then I, and my career, are not a success”. This at times served me well and at other […]
What is leadership? Zoom on values In the 17th century, Descartes, the French philosopher and mathematician, said that “it is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well”. In the context of leadership, what does “using it well” mean? Leadership involves building a sustainable vision to generate value. […]
“What’s next?” tends to be the question on everyone’s lips during a company takeover. New ownership often brings new promises, new ideas and new ways of doing things. All of this has the potential to deliver momentous change, creating excitement and trepidation in equal measure, and fuelling second-guesses about what the future might hold. Attention […]
The pandemic didn’t help. It forced us to interact solely through a screen and impacted upon key work relationships we’d developed over the years. It also may have stunted some new working relationships in terms of new hires who joined during periods of remote working. What we have learnt from recent years is that the […]
Most of us aren't comfortable with uncertainty - we're hardwired to dislike it. According to research, people experience more feelings of stress when faced with an uncertain outcome than they do when they're confident of a negative outcome. As soon as we're unsure what comes next, our instinct is to restore a feeling of certainty as […]
The world is smarter today. With instant information at our fingertips, we can quickly sniff out organisations over-promising and under-delivering. Converging crises mean that leading organisations can no longer rest on their past reputations because their stakeholders are increasingly pushing for more responsible business practices, from defining why they’re here to overhauling their own internal […]
We help business leaders with their succession and legacy planning by asking the critical questions and having the difficult conversations people often shy away from. This ensures the remaining leadership team has a clear vision for a sustainable future and employees are informed and engaged about the next chapter. Here, we share some practical steps […]
As the saying goes, it’s lonely at the top. CEOs and founders often experience loneliness, marking it down as an occupational hazard, and it can, unfortunately, lead to a dark recurring cycle of mental health problems. In fact, entrepreneurs are 50% more likely to have poor mental health than the general population, according to the […]
Julius Černiauskas, the CEO of Oxylabs, one of the most prominent companies that offer web scraping solutions in the world, sheds light on the practice, how it has developed over the years, and what lies ahead. Let’s start from the beginning. How has web scraping evolved to its current state? Web scraping, in some sense […]
What does a typical day look like for Dr Daniel Moses? I think over the years, one thing I did actually struggle with was how to really structure myself. How I have learned to structure myself is by getting into a very serious morning routine. So normally, when I get out of bed in the […]
What makes Delta Global Solutions stand out? Our work requires commitment, organisation skills and a lot of stamina as we work under enormous pressure most of the time to move goods, manage information and allocate financial resources globally, when and where our customers need them. Today’s customers increasingly demand not just off-the-shelf services but out-of-box […]
There’s growing pressure to: pursue a more sustainable path find new partners to help overcome supply chain disruptions ease economic anxiety stemming from rising inflation demonstrate social justice through better DEI policies and practices adapt to rapidly changing customer preferences favouring brands that act responsibly As leaders CEOs must make sense of the world, using […]
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