Leadership coach and former Navy SEAL Jeff Boss says that many of his clients ask for a 60-day or 90-day plan to improve their leadership effectiveness. “It’s not that plans aren’t valuable”, he writes in Forbes, “[but] I can’t think of any mission in the SEALs that actually went according to plan.” Better than planning… Continue reading Three things Leaders can do every day
I was asked this recently and my instinctive response was “I hope not!”. Not given how much positive change I have seen come about through the recent focus on wellbeing. But, thinking more about it, it’s a fair question. Wellbeing/wellness programs and initiatives have popped up like mushrooms all over workplaces – and in some… Continue reading Do you think wellbeing is a fad?
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Are you one of the 40% of leaders who report that their workdays always or often feel like a race against the clock? This question in the Global Leadership Wellbeing Survey is consistently endorsed as one of the biggest threats to leaders’ wellbeing. The good news is that it also presents the biggest opportunities for… Continue reading On your mark … get set … start the week
Walking is awesome. In fact, it’s so old-school epically awesome in helping thinkers think that our ancient friends even had a Latin phrase to capture its power: Solvitur ambulando. “It is solved by walking.” Nietzsche would agree. He said: “All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.” Kierkegaard would also agree. He put it this way: “I have walked… Continue reading Another good reason to do Steptember
The Kiwi boss who trialled giving his staff a full salary for four days’ work says it was a success and that he wants it to become permanent at his Auckland company. Andrew Barnes, the chief executive at Perpetual Guardian, says he’s already made a recommendation to his board to take the policy beyond the… Continue reading Four-day working week trial at Perpetual Guardian a Success
