IS YOUR DESTINATION CLEAR?
Are you confident that you have a clear destination for your business?
SOUTH ATLANTIC TRUST
Ernest Shackleton was one of the great figures of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. He was a participant on a number of expeditions to the Antarctic between 1901 and 1909. It’s for his own ‘Endurance’ expedition in 1914 that he is best known, and the story of that particular expedition is an epic of…
THE MINDSET FOR SUCCESS
I have a belief that there’s no real success in life or business without challenge, but if we take on those big personal goals, it brings us into an emotional space where mindset is an important element of success. Big goals in business always challenge our leadership skills – and our leadership skills and our…
WHERE ARE YOU NOW?
Where are you now? If you want to move ahead and grow your business, you’ve gotta have a viable plan in place. Your business plan is a bit like a map for your business – it shows you where you are heading. But, like a map, if you don’t know where you are starting from,…
LEADERSHIP AND ‘THE BOSS’
In my business career, I’ve seen two types of business owner – ‘The Boss’, who wants to tell everyone what to do, and wants everyone to do it his way, and on the other hand, the inspirational, empathetic leader who realises that people have potential, and that development of people equates to development of his…
FAILURE IS A CHOICE
There’s a mountain on the Swiss-Italian border that I’ve tried to climb a number of times. It’s North Ridge is one of the classic rock routes in the European Alps. I have mountaineering friends that have climbed it, and their success has inspired me to repeat their achievement. But it’s not easy – like all…
THE POWER OF EMPATHY
Empathy is one of those things we see mentioned and talked about a lot on LinkedIn. I thought I’d write about it, but then realised I needed to check out a definition of its precise meaning. I was glad I did – there are at least two ways of looking at empathy – “Affective empathy”…
CHALLENGES AND SUCCESS
A few years ago, just before COVID, I was going mountain biking in the Wicklow mountains. I’d parked and was getting things ready – finding gloves, adjusting helmets, pumping tyres – that sort of stuff. As I was doing that, a group of walkers pulled up and parked beside me. They were in two cars,…
PLAN, PRACTICE AND PREPARE
I’ve been long fascinated by Formula 1 Motor racing, and in particular, the teamwork needed to win a race. The driver is only one element of a successful team – other people, like the designers and the mechanics play a role in a motor racing team’s success. And the team’s preparation is epitomized by the…
PLANNING FOR RESILIENCE
If you, like me, follow LinkedIn, you’ll realise that there are a number of fashionable topics that come up on a regular basis. One is the need for empathy from leaders – I agree, and I’ll write about that topic in the future. The other is the need for resilience in business. Yes – resilience…
