DON’T TELL ANYONE… WE’VE BEEN DOING EXPERIMENTS

Part of leadership is experimentation.

Successful leaders have the capacity to try, fail, learn, and grow as part of actively continuing their own self-development. They are willing to take informed risks and learn through trial and error.

A PORTRAIT. A MIRROR?

Nobody wants to mess up, but sometimes we do.

Sometimes we don’t ‘see the wood for the trees’, or the flaws in our own actions because we are focused on guiding, and perhaps judging, the actions of others.

WHAT A DOA IS..

The definition of ‘delegation of authority’ (DOA) is reasonably straight forward and most variations yield a similar meaning.

AHHH…..SUMMER!

As you read this (assuming, of course, that you’re located in the northern hemisphere) it’s likely that some summer R&R is on your mind, and hopefully, on your calendar too!

#MINDFULNESS?

In the past two decades mindfulness has entered mainstream culture and continues to rise in popularity, thus our assumption is that readers have heard of it!

However, as with many things which become very popular and widely promulgated, what exactly mindfulness is (and isn’t) may remain a little fuzzy for some.

‘Only four?’, we heard you thinking, after enjoying our recent article where we shared our favourite models for thinking and leading differently. You were right! “Elements for High Performance”, “Strategic Barriers Analysis”, “Strategic Priorities Matrix” and the PCT Model were only part of the 8 models which made the cut during the original brainstorm for what became that, and now this article! So, in this edition, we reveal the remaining four models which we have found over and over again to have amazing impacts on shifting thinking, empowering leaders and driving change.

It will be no surprise that a successful board is one that is ‘run well’.

However, especially for SMEs and family-owned businesses just beginning with, or perhaps yet to evolve to the point of having a formal board, the grasp of what the nuts and bolts of ‘running a board’ may be a little loose.

The concept behind this edition of Changeosity Insights is a little… different to our usual articles. And ‘different’ is exactly what it’s about!

In what follows, we share a quick introduction to four conceptual models that, in our experience, are really powerful mechanisms for helping founders and leaders shift to thinking differently in various stages of their business journey.

Did you make any New-Year Resolutions for 2023?

Or does the anecdotal evidence and, perhaps, personal experience of just how many resolutions don’t ‘stick’ leave you disinclined to join in the enthusiastic cacophony of family, friends, and colleagues declaring their resolutions during the festive season?

Risk is a concept which we, as humans, have an interesting relationship with.

If you pause to contemplate it, a great many value and character judgements made in relation to individuals and circumstances where this small, four-letter word is applied, will no doubt come to mind.