When I wrote my Book: ‘From Mercenaries to Missionaries’ I wanted to give entrepreneurs, executives and managers tools around leadership and teamwork that are sublimely simple and easy to implement. Too much of the leadership lexicon has fallen into the realms of academia. Nothing wrong with academic study, but academia is often the activity of … Continue reading Too Many TAPs, Not Enough STOP’s, We Need More LEGO
A comparison of OODA loop and a more recent model EDUCE.
When I was teaching leadership to intelligence agents in a far off land, they explained to me that although they loved the concepts they feared they would encounter resistance in the bureaucratic systems they work in. We've all got to become leaders. I wrote a book 'Mercenaries to Missionaries' (see link in comments) which is … Continue reading OPERATION BUTTERFLY (TOP SECRET)
Being able to overcome our habitual decision making gives us a helicopter view. That's important in complex and challenging times. Chances are you'll favour 1 or 2 of the following 4 styles: REACTIONARY: You like to move to think, you tackle challenges head on. You make snap decisions based on your preferences & you like … Continue reading What kind of decision maker are you?
Values can be quite confusing, and more to the point they're pretty useless unless you know how to action them in your decision making process.
Whilst being interviewed I was asked what traits make a good leader. It reminded of an exercise I do on the Mercenary to Missionary Leadership retreats.
Scientific philosopher, Thomas Khune, stated that ‘advancement is not evolutionary, but rather a series of violent revolutions and in such revolutions one conceptual worldview is replaced by another’. Khune called these revolutions in worldviews ‘Paradigm Shifts’ As I was explaining the universal life cycle to a client yesterday, the pandemic was a useful example of … Continue reading What are you going to Stop-Start-Recover & Adapt?
Archimedes said, ‘give me a lever long enough and a strong place to stand, and I can move the world’. Well the lever is leadership and the place to stand is humility. With humility the word leader transforms from a noun to a verb. Leading is something that ordinary people can do to leverage the … Continue reading THE FIVE SUPERPOWERS OF GREAT LEADERS
See below the video for a PDF download with some notes to help you understand this material. Download the notes then listen to the video as this would probably be the best way to understand the content. New to all this self videoing so b with me while I learn the skills! 🙂 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS31cxmuYCA&feature=youtu.be … Continue reading Making Decisions Effectively & Why Politics is Pointless
https://vimeo.com/407636251 In the third in our series of weekly webinars, we spoke to special guest Martin Murphy, ex-special forces soldier and founder of Elite Leadership, on how to lead your team through a crisis. Some of the top takeaways included: 1. Good leaders look after the people first 2. Don’t stare at the fire, look … Continue reading Leading in Challenging Times
