Perspectives
Corneille Ewango – Leadership in the face of adversity
In the world of leaders who stay calm in the face of stressful situations, Corneille Ewango stands out for his courage and dedication. While he grew up in a family of poachers and hunters he got the chance to go to school and there he found a new mission, to study and...
Staying Calm in Stressful Situations
There is more to this staying calm stuff than you might realize. Research is showing that it may be possible to train yourself (or at least train mice) to remain calm in stressful situations. Yesterday's blog elicited some feedback which took me to a piece of research...
Calm down
"Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person at the right time, and for the right purpose and in the right way - that is not within everyone's power and that is not easy.” Aristotle Staying calm in times of high stress is one of those...
We need more humanities grads
In all the debate about the value of a BA, there is one factor that keeps being missed. BAs make better people managers that those from engineering, accounting, finance, computer science and other left-brained occupations. A BA is a better path to leadership than a...
If you’re a manager, why are you working such long hours?
Did you know that we're working more but getting less done? The average work week has increased from 35 hours in 1970 to 46 hours in 2012 and three out of four Americans feel stressed at work and one out of four say that work is the most stressful part of their lives....
What the Deepwater Horizon oil spill can teach us about leadership
Time has passed since the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico but it can teach us a lot about how to take responsibility in a crisis. BP's CEO, Tony Hayward, ended up losing his job as a result of the disaster primarily because he failed to take...
Somebody wet my bed – Taking responsibility
I am told that when I was young, I woke up one morning having wet my bed the night before and ran to my parents and claimed that "Somebody wet my bed." My son carried on this tradition in a new way. After having done something bad to his older sister, we asked him to...
5 Workplace fears to overcome
You're probably afraid of something. We all are. The key to success in the working world is to ensure that those fears are not debilitating. I've done a quick poll to find out what people are afraid of and in a very unscientific manner come up with the top...
Go ahead, decline that meeting
If your day seems like one long endless meeting, you're doing something wrong. Kerri Golden has an interesting approach, she declines meetings. The key to her approach is to figure out where she is adding value now. https://vimeo.com/45642450 If you're getting this...