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The Leaders’ Guide to Surviving an Amygdala Hijack
If there’s one clear message about leadership in the late 2010s, it’s that the pace of change is accelerating. Complex challenges are becoming more relentless. Leaders are becoming far more frequently overwhelmed. Even when we’re not actively overwhelmed, many of us...
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Develop More Flexible Leadership By Avoiding This One Trap.
If there’s one mistake we see leaders falling into time and again, it’s the leadership TINA trap. And if you’re not working on this either individually or with the support of leadership coaching, then you’re missing an important trick. Before I start, I feel duty...
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Most leadership failures are failures of diagnosis
Why do leaders fail? Here are our thoughts on leadership failure and what to do about it.In my mid-30s, I got sick. I spent 18 months in bed, in pain and exhausted. It took three years before I got an accurate diagnosis: I live with an obscure genetic liver condition....
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Rethinking how to overcome stubborn behavioural change
If we’re honest, we all have a significant behaviour that we’ve struggled and failed to change. And the reason for our failure eludes us. Our desire to change is real, because our current behaviour is causing us some pain. We’ve put genuine effort into trying to...
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Presidents, movie icons and multiple leadership perspectives
The President & the Movie Star In Soviet Russia, there was a well-known joke about two dead, former presidents. It was said that when President Brezhnev died, he went to Hell. In recognition of his status, the Devil himself gave the President a guided tour of Hell...
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