When I was young, I used to play competitive chess. I vividly remember that at a certain point I got stuck: In order to win, I relied heavily on mistakes made by my opponents. Since I encountered increasingly better opponents, […]
Decision making
An essential part of leadership is to set, communicate, and monitor behavior standards. In my work with high performance organizations, I have found that one of the quickest ways to improve project and strategy execution, is to focus on new […]
In turbulent times it’s important to stay close to your clients, colleague’s, and bosses. A good way to provide practical support is to help them systematically think through and develop options. Here is a simple and proven framework to […]
People will increasingly move to a place where other people love their work. Talent retention will therefore shift to recognizing, building, and expanding strengths of individual high performers. What are you doing to shift your focus from compensating weaknesses, to rapidly recognize […]
The downfall of Captain Ahab, the protagonist of Moby Dick, became his obsession with catching the white whale. There is a fine line between admirable persistence and block-headed tenacity. If you’re the only one left on the barricades, it’s probably time to leave […]
Most decisions in life don’t matter much, for example what’s for dinner, what to wear, what to watch, music to listen to, etc. These decisions should be made on the spot, and don’t require spending a huge amount of mental […]
Sometimes we face a decision to let go of a comfortable status quo, in order to achieve an even better future. Think of the decision to leave a well-paid and interesting corporate job and start an uncertain, but more exiting […]
The worst use of your time is not to be inefficient, but to become excellent at something irrelevant. How do you know you invest your precious time working on meaningful goals? With every goal, you only need to ask yourself six questions: Clarity: What’s […]
On December 21, 1954, dozens of individuals, headed by Dorothy Martin, were sitting in a room, awaiting the apocalypse as promised by the Clarion alien civilization. They were members of a Doomsday cult, which predicted the end of the world […]
What if you found yourself in a pie-eating-contest where the first prize is another piece of pie? For many, this resembles the reality of modern corporate leadership. In other words, the better you get, the better you better get, and […]
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