Why do you do what you do?
Leaders who create an inspiring context are more likely to change the game.
Leaders who create an inspiring context are more likely to change the game.
The ability to make and achieve stretch commitments is what changes the game. It is a key component of what distinguishes extraordinary leaders from good leaders.
Leadership is a bit like a public performance. No matter how well prepared you are, it does not always go your way. The question is how do we deal with those inevitable occasions?
Most of us have had the experience of someone believing in us more than we believed in ourselves at the time. Paying it forward frees you up to create a great team and provide the game-changing leadership that your stakeholders expect.
On the eve of a strategy offsite session with a senior leadership team it became clear that they were more than a little reluctant to be there. Everyone was already stretched to the limit, so the proposed discussion the next day of a bigger new strategy was a daunting prospect. We realised that they … Read more