According to a recent study of 5,000 businesses across 100+ countries, exceptional Leadership distils itself in to 2 key traits – Wisdom and Compassion. ‘Wisdom, the courage to do what needs to be done, even when it is difficult; and Compassion, the care and empathy shown toward others, combined with the intention to support and …
Research shows (only) 4% businesses Scale-up successfully. The vast 96% either survive or perish. 73% of Business failures are attributed to (just) 3 reasons: Product-Market mismatch, Inefficient Marketing and Communication, and Inappropriate Business model. Another study by researchers say 55% of new Businesses fail because of people issues. To Scale-up successfully, we need to do …
CEO Coaching happens through a series of one-on-one conversations, held in a non-judgmental environment, with high levels of confidentiality, with actions on the ground happening in-parallel. CEO Coaching helps CEOs explore, get challenged, reflect, think deeper, discover blind spots. It helps them simplify, unpack complexities, look for clarity, focus better, find appropriate solutions that works …
The dangerous ideas are the ones that are good, but not great. Yes, it could work, and yes, I could do it, but that doesn’t mean I should. It’s not about the failure rate, it’s that good ideas eat up a lot of time / calories, leaving little time for the great ideas – Dharmesh …
1 in 60 Rule in aviation states that after 60 miles a one-degree error in heading will result in straying off course by one mile. This means the further we travel, farther we are from the destination. Straying off course is likely in our businesses too, for a variety of reasons. Constant tracking and course …
The questions we ask determine the answers we get – which goes on to indicate that we get right answers when we ask the right questions. Asking the right questions significantly increases our odds of getting the right answers – in a way, asking the right questions is pertinent and possibly more difficult (!), than …
Do I ask for help? ‘Asking for help’ is a powerful enabler for Business Leaders to action their thoughts, realize their dreams. ‘Asking for help’ helps them turn their vision into reality. Steve Jobs once said: ‘I’ve never found anybody who didn’t want to help me when I’ve asked them for help. I’ve never found …
Efficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing – Peter Drucker. How tuned we are to be Effective? To do what’s needed? Leadership Presence helps one to be Effective. And efficient. The good news is that we can enhance one’s Leadership Presence.
Ideas matter, but execution matters even more. An idea is (only) as good as its execution. It’s essential therefore to build Excellence in Execution alongside creating Winning Strategies. The ability to do both can be the difference between success and failure for a CEO / Entrepreneur / Business Owner. #ceo #scaleup #leadership
One of the key ingredients of enhanced Leadership Presence is the ability to Simplify – Simplifying the thoughts, Simplifying the plans, Simplifying the communication… Simplifying leads to peak performance. When we Simplify, things become clearer to us; and to the teams / stakeholders. Am I striving enough to Simplify? #ceo #scaleup #leadership