One of the things I have been pondering on during these last months is what else I can contribute to a better world for future generations. If I live as long as my father, I have 22 years to go. So, apart from what I am doing in my work as Leadership Coach (www.hfsc.ch) …
The year is 2030 and we have just celebrated my birthday with our family. We reminisced a lot about what happened 10 years earlier. Our oldest grandson could remember having been confined to the house for quite some time, not being able to go to school nor play with his friends. The others were either …
We are in the midst of a pandemic. This is not the first and will certainly not be the last. What may be different today is that it is much more in your face thanks to the available ways we communicate with one another. This makes it more difficult to distinguish what is real and …
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In the post “There is hope” in November 2015 I shared with you that 80% of today’s leaders act from a mind-set focused on threats, fears and problems, and only focus on removing, fixing or reducing these (Mastering Leadership by Bob Anderson & Bill Adams). Their actions do not support meaningful and sustainable improvements. They are …
Do you remember when you were a child and you did not like something someone said or did to you? Do you have young children or grandchildren? What happens when you feed them something they do not like? Yes, indeed, you get feedback instantly! So, what is it about adults that we appear to lose …
The last few weeks have again provided plenty of examples about leadership, or lack thereof, which must be so confusing for many people and, in particular, the younger generation. Two come to mind. In South Africa, the highest court ruled that President Jacob Zuma violated the constitution for failing to repay taxpayer’s money on upgrades …
What I have noticed is that people often make statements like: “she is a natural leader” or “he is a born leader”. This implies a limitation, i.e. you either have it or you do not. Are leaders born? Absolutely! Where else would they come from? Are they made? Absolutely! However, it means one needs to …
Although it may be obvious from what we are witnessing in the world in terms of leadership, it was refreshing to find some hard data in an excellent new book by Bob Anderson and Bill Adams called “Mastering Leadership“. From their database of 360° feedback for 500’000 leaders in organisations they found that 80% of …
The recent attacks in Paris, Sinai, Beirut, Kano and too many other places are atrocious, terrible and an aberration. Is the answer an eye-for-an-eye or are there other ways? Whereas the heinous crimes and criminals need to be dealt with firmly, have we not evolved further as mankind since the crusades centuries ago? Too many …
