Continue reading ?: The Visionary: Shaping the Future with Synthesis and AgencyIn a prior post I explored Contextual Leadership: Four Archetypes of Leadership Every New Leader Must Master. In this post I will deep dive into the Visionary Leader archetype. This is one that I feel particularly strong in. In the dynamic tapestry of modern leadership, Visionary/Innovators stand as architects of change,…
Continue reading ?: The Power of Purpose in Business SuccessA successful business requires a clear purpose rooted in core beliefs, fostering connections with customers. Understanding the ‘why’ behind actions drives alignment and enhances performance beyond mere profit.
Continue reading ?: Empower Your Champions (and other Innovation strategies successful companies use)Innovation is the heart and soul of progress and change is inevitable in business. If you want your business to stay above it all, you have to accept it. And if you want it to thrive, you initiate it. In this article, I go through the approaches industries’ leaders take…
Continue reading ?: How Netflix Built its Culture (5 Things That You Need to Know)Netflix is so much more than a streaming service – it’s a cultural phenomenon. More than anything, the company owes its success to its own culture. Founded more than two decades ago, Netflix is by far the most popular streaming service in not just the United States but the world…
Continue reading ?: Contextual Leadership: Four Archetypes of Leadership Every New Leader Must Master.Leadership is more art-form than science. It requires you to assume different styles for different contexts. In this article, I explore a few common leadership archetypes for those of you new to leadership need to master or alternatively to supplement within your leadership team to be effective. People are the…
Continue reading ?: How Netflix Transformed Boardroom Culture : Watching the Company “In the Wild”Over the last year as I delved into Corporate Governance to learn how to set things up for my company I struggled with much of what I found. Everything pointed towards independence between board and management and often in some questionable practices aimed at protecting the board rather than protecting…
Continue reading ?: Make as Few Decisions as Possible (And Other Leadership Tips from Netflix’s Reed Hastings)Why is it that founder led companies are performing so well and dominating industries world-wide. In this article I take a short glimpse at Reed Hastings founder of Netflix and some of the things he does differently and has encoded into the Netflix culture. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings’ leadership methods…
Continue reading ?: The 7 Questions That Every Modern Leader Needs to Ask ThemselvesWe all want to be a better leader, and there is so much leadership development literature out there sometimes you can sometimes get lost in the complexity of it all. There are some time tested and universal tenets to leadership. In this article, I am sharing some of them in…
Continue reading ?: How Netflix Built its CultureA great culture makes everyone in the company happy to be there and boosts performance and motivation. As people spend a huge part of their life at work, this is crucial to helping them live a fulfilling life. In this article I provide some examples of how a great company…
Continue reading ?: The Four Board Members You Need for Digital TransformationDigital transformation is about much more than technology, it needs to become a key part of your strategy and it needs full commitment from the board. Traditional boards with a lack of digital natives won’t provide that commitment which makes digitisation almost impossible to achieve. In this article, I explore…
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