Do you want to get better at something, and get there quicker? Feedback is going to be your key tool. “The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.” William Pollard Feedback is embedded in certain professions. Athletes have coaches. Writers have…

Popular opinion is that leaders don’t have time for developing relationships, for the soft interpersonal stuff. Wrong. Great leaders appreciate that strong relationships are fundamental to their success. Relationships matter to them because they know that when there is a sense of safety and honesty with their team members, the…

Solving the right problem will put you on the path to success The leaders we coach like to solve problems and they are good at it. They pride themselves on finding solutions quickly to problems their team members are facing. It feels good to be decisive and to signal you’re…

Manage your inner critic and find the part of the brain that motivates you through positive emotions My yearning for learning One of my favourite quotes is from Alan de Botton, “Anyone who isn’t embarrassed of who they were last year is not learning enough.” It might sound a bit…

Take the short quiz below to see if you are on the right track — You have worked hard to get the business up and running and find product market fit. You have achieved what most founders do not, real customers, paying for something you have created. It feels good. But, just as you thought things might get easier, the pressure builds. Everything is still…

Great teamwork will be your sustainable competitive advantage — Many leaders have high IQs, and some also have high EQs (Emotional Intelligence). But only the minority have high WeQs (Collaborative Intelligence). Too often, you come across teams with individual IQs of 120 or more where the team functions at a WeQ of 70 or less, meaning they’re performing at…

The best Founders construct a board the same way they build the management team Have you ever heard comments like this about board meetings? “Wow, I love our board meetings. We have such a deep dialogue and I get so much value out of them. They make me feel so…

Have you ever heard comments like this about board meetings? “Wow, I love our board meetings. We have such a deep dialogue and I get so much value out of them. They make me feel so energised.” In 25 years since I have been in business, I think I have…

Every leader, founder, entrepreneur I know is time-stretched, working beyond their capacity. Too little sleep, not eating the right food, eating too quickly (ok that maybe more about me!), fueling up with caffeine, back-to-back meetings,, no time to think, to-do lists which never get done and always ‘on’. If someone…