Insecure Leadership: The Perils of Competing with Your Own Team
Feeding my ego with the right dietโuplifting and appreciating othersโtransformed me into a more secure, effective, respected, and happy leader.
๐ฃ๐๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด
Research confirms that the way we live our values has a direct impact on our wellbeing.ย
๐งก ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ
Kok-Sin Koh, now a Director at Singapore Polytechnic, shares a poignant story from his days managing the service team at NTUC FairPrice.
๐o๐งd๐y’s I๐งs๐ฉi๐ซa๐ญi๐จn
This week’s inspiration springs from Terry Smagh, who manages Asia Pacific for Infor. A leader who champions a culture of #Trust and #Respect.
๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป? ๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ!
Bruno Oehy, a Swiss CFO of Sika Japan, faced the daunting task of uniting five different Japanese companies. Unlike a typical executive, Bruno’s mission required samurai-like adaptability and patience amid the chaos and stress.
The theme of the day
Even the most seasoned motivational speakers orย top entertaining keynote speakers can find themselves derailed by an unexpected turn.
I found myself in such a twist recently with an audience that seemed to have an aversion to the front rows. Despite my best efforts, those seats stayed vacant, a sea of empty chairs.
Green, You Grow; Ripe,You Rot
Dirk Nowitzkiโs speech at the 2023 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famewas a standout event that transcended the speeches of his remarkable fellow inductees.
With eloquence, the Mavs icon delivered an inspirational universal blueprint for success and artfully dissected his journey, laying bare the core qualities and values that fueled his rise to greatness*.
Reverse Backstabbing
It was a cold bright winter day in Cleveland Ohio but inside the Weatherhead School of Management campus at Case Western University it was warm and fuzzy. In the first lesson on Appreciative Inquiry (AI), Dr. David Cooperrider taught us the principles of the Appreciative Interview which is a key activity of the Discovery stage at ‘the heart of AIโ.
Bounce Forward with a Smile
“Turkish Airlines flight TK 209 to Istanbul is delayed by an hour and a half” said the announcer at the lounge. “Don’t worry, you will make it to your connecting flight” said the purser as I boarded. Upon landing, I sprinted nearly three kilometers to the gate, only to witness the plane pulling away. I exhaled “Ay Ya Ya Yai” and raced another 1.5 kilometers to the lounge to find an alternative flight.