Jul 29, 2026
Leadership principles are rarely complicated. The difficulty is remembering to practise them consistently when targets are missed, markets become unstable, staff disappoint us and the pressure keeps building.
In Part One, we examined the first seven guiding principles of leadership. Here are principles eight to sixteen:...
Jul 22, 2026
We collect leadership ideas from everywhere: books, training courses, articles, mentors, bosses, colleagues and the occasional painful lesson delivered by experience.
The problem is that we rarely collect these ideas in one place. They arrive randomly over many years, and we forget more than we retain. We may recognise...
Jul 15, 2026
Leadership success is usually measured through revenue, market share, promotions, productivity and team performance. Those indicators matter, but they do not tell us whether a leader is succeeding in life.
A leader can deliver excellent corporate results while gradually damaging their marriage, weakening...
Jul 8, 2026
Western and Japanese meetings often look similar on the calendar, but they operate on very different assumptions. Both may involve reporting, planning, problem-solving and innovation, yet the real work happens in different places.
In many Western companies, the meeting room is where people debate, confront, push, defend...
Jul 1, 2026
Becoming a new leader is one of the most dangerous promotions in business. The person who was promoted for hard work, strong KPIs, early starts, late finishes and personal accountability suddenly becomes responsible for other people’s performance.
That sounds like career progress, but it can become a trap. Many new...