A challenge a lot of business leaders and entrepreneurs I work with face, is the ability to attract the calibre of people required for both peak performance and the successful growth of their business. In order to attract top talent, leaders must develop a culture which utilises what I define as: ELITE Magnetism. Read … Continue reading Attracting Top Talent with ELITE Magnetism
Competitive advantage is primarily seen as the ability to produce a product or service at a lower cost - aka comparative advantage - or in a more desirable fashion -aka differential advantage. Gaining a competitive advantage can be the result of several factors but the main idea is that you’re doing something in such a … Continue reading Developing a Comprehensive Advantage in Business
Step 3 - Direction One of my earlier professions was as a personal trainer. It was working with clients who aspired to be fitter and healthier that inspired my quest for knowledge of the mind-body connection. Often I would be faced with new clients who’d been struggling with their weight for some time. As such … Continue reading Developing Creative Brilliance in your Team (Part 3)
Introduction In the previous article in this series I explained the CREATE model. If you’re going to unleash the creative brilliance in your team, you’ll need to foster some of the conditions which allow that to happen. These were the freedom to challenge existing paradigms, developing deep relationships amongst the team, exposure to novel experiences, … Continue reading Developing Creative Brilliance in your Team (Part 2)
Introduction The story goes that Einstein was daydreaming about travelling on rays of light and this led to his famous theory of relativity. But you don’t find many leaders asking their team to daydream. Leadership that unlocks the creative potential of a team requires some courage. It’s easier, one could argue, for giants such as … Continue reading Developing Creative Brilliance in your Team (Part 1)
So imagine these scenarios. A group of Bankers are sat in an office and they are wondering how to extract more money from the public so they can all claim bigger bonuses. So they come up with what they believe is an ingenious solution. They wrap up some dodgy debts into some triple ‘A’ packaging. … Continue reading Make Better Decisions with Universal Intelligence
“The biggest paradigm shifts happening right now are ironically the increasing awareness of the existence of paradigms…” In his Book ‘The Structure of Scientific Revolution’, Thomas Kuhn wrote that advancement was not evolutionary but rather a “series of peaceful interludes punctuated by intellectually violent revolutions” when “one conceptual worldview is replaced by another”. These … Continue reading Paradigm Shifting to Success
Watching the Olympics, I’m reminded of the fact I should go out and do more exercise. At the moment I resemble the couch potato character ‘Denis’ played by Simon Pegg, in the movie ‘Run Fatboy Run’. In the movie Denis attempts to prove to the girl he jilted at the alter, that he can … Continue reading Overcoming the Leader Wall
